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So, Zillow (my employer) is at it again — and I’ll be keeping track once again.

Make sure to tune into the Zillow Blog for updates.

Update @ 9:42: Zillow is now live again!

Update @ 9:57: Check the Zillow Blog for an overview w/ links!

There are a couple primary features being added to the site tonight (site should be live shortly):

• Neighborhood Pages — discuss your neighborhood, such as Queen Anne in Seattle.
• Zillow Discussions — talk about a topic of interest, such as Home Buying or Home Selling. Or connect with fellow real estate professionals.
• Polls — anyone can suggest a poll that is either targeted to a selection of ZIP codes or targeted nationally (shown anywhere polls appear on Zillow). The polls will display throughout neighborhood pages and Zillow Discussions.
• Enhancements to the Real Estate Guide (wiki) — there is now an integrated search module in the upper left corner of every wiki page, plus you can now upload images to the wiki (yay!).

Here’s the RE.net play-by-play for you Zillow fanatics out there:

• No surprise, Greg Swann from BloodHoundBlog breaks the story — “Zillow.com’s latest release me-too’s Trulia.com’s recent me-too release: Can either make the leap from ghost-town to community?“
• John Cook posts “Zillow enters citizen journalism” at his Venture Blog
• Mashable’s Kristen Nicole posts “Zillow to Get More Social“
• Ken at Realivent posts “Zillow releases a slew of new features“
• Sramana Mitra writes “Web 3.0 and Zillow“
• Cristina Ledesma posts “Zillow.com expands real estate community to the neighborhood“
• Cory Bergman posts “Zillow expands into hyperlocal news“
• The Real Estate Bloggers posts “Zillow Goes Hyperlocal With Neighborhood Pages“
• Glenn at Inman News writes “Zillow zooms out with neighborhood discussions, data“
• Eric Berlin posts “Zillow Leads the Social Networking Charge on the Real Estate Market“
• Joshua Jaffe posts “Zillow launches social networking features to catch up to Trulia“
• Joel Burslem at FoREM posts “Zillow Flounders A Bit With New Release“
• CoolDMZ posts “Community real estate features on Zillow“
• Donna Bogatin writes “Zillow: Can We Talk? Real Estate Gets Social“
• Legacy Group posts “Zillow annouces 6,500 Community Websites“
• Jeff O’Brien writes “Zillow Goes Crowdsourcing“
• Ben Barren posts “‘However, the bulk of the content on the Neighborhood Pages we have left up to you, the Zillow community.’“
• Rafe Needleman posts “Zillow adds community pages” at Webware
• Tiza Major-Posner (my project blogger apprentice) posted “Zillow.Com – Why I Like Them and Why You Should Too!“