About 1-2-3-4-5 the UK website photographer

1-2-3-4-5 is our Visual Directory of websites.

The UK house-finding and property-building industries are currently in flux.

Online there are many ways for finding details of companies working in the property sector - most consist of flat lists of names and addresses in simple directories.

The issue is that things are changing all the time - companies come and go - details get out of date - websites move or change ownership - links become invalid.

1-2-3-4-5 has been developed as a spin-off from our development of a property portal: www.homm.co.uk

We needed a way of monitoring and adapting to the websites involved in the property sector which has to work as much as possible automatically.

Our solution was to build a system that constantly takes screenshots, and occasionally visits, the sites it knows about.

By having a visual record of how sites/companies are changing it actually makes the experience more visually entertaining for readers.

Also, it's rather interesting (we think) and useful - to have a record of how companies are evolving, through changes in their websites.

1-2-3-4-5 is our view of companies involved in the UK property sector - Estate Agents, big house developers and small builders - any entity who is mentioned in Estate Agent's blurb - plus some more.

Below is a recent example of a 1-2-3-4-5 screenshot - it shows how that site has changed over the years - this memorabillia advertises that company - plus with HOMM you can view all properties that feature it

1-2-3-4-5 and HOMM are in prototype phase and if you or your company would like to know more, or get involved, please contact me.

Take a look at this example. It consists of a screenshot and information that is downloaded from site.

1-2-3-4-5 is an imaging service that photographs websites.
Sites change and evolve, they load at different times, sometimes they go offline.
Photographing websites can be as difficult as photography in the real world.

1-2-3-4-5 operates 24/7 shooting the 1000's of sites it knows about.
It does it at random every few months, or whenever a user clicks on any snapshot.
After it has taken a snapshot of each site, it compares the shot to the previous shot (if it has one),
if it has changed significantly then it keeps the previous version, you can see the effect by floating your mouse over the site image below - it shows the versions of the site.

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