Indexing Real Estate Listings – NAR, Google and the Agents Caught in the Middle

March 7th, 2011 by admin Leave a reply »


Currently on the Internet by a decision strongly supported by the National Association of Realtors is criticized shaken (R) to provide individual advice real estate agents to Google as “pig” to see the site and require that broker with fluid dynamics IDX receive quarantine and published information from listings Realtor . com and NAR affiliate sites. The criticism, the NAR had revised a look at this decision, Section 15.2.2 of MIBOR (Metropolitan Board of REALTORS ® Indianapolis) MLS rules, to include the following: “Participants must protect IDX information about unauthorized use of this requirement. does not prohibit indexing IDX search engine sites. “However, based on a recommendation to take back for further deliberations, the NAR movement was made when reconvene in November.

The issue of revising Article 15.2.2 of the rules and regulations MIBOR MLS raises the question of the degree of control that the councils on the distribution of the ads and why implementation. After all, most of the information that the NAR can block ads from its members exercise can be found on sites like Zillow.com and Trulia.com. The only people with the display of information to be blocked … Realtors. These are the people with the vision of the NAR reference: “The main task of the National Association of Realtors ® is to help its members to more profitable and successful.” This does not appear in the online processing of members of NAR are reflected.

Would not it be allowed advertising to be accessed to by the Google indexing large extent “are members of more profitable and successful?” change since the NAR to power, its rules and regulations has, we believe, they could have their R & R because of the changed nature of the Internet into account. But no, the NAR Board agreed to a ruling that would clarify the question to move together. This has raised questions about whether the NAR is an organization that really works for the success of its members, or one that uses its members as income.

For many people depend on this question, it seems ridiculous that the search engines, Google in particular are the same as “scraper” sites, sites which provide data to steal images, and layouts to be treated, abused their own purposes. Search engines are there to provide people with the results on the Internet, conducted its survey in order to facilitate this process. Like millions of people use Google, the blocking of property data is suitable for those interested interpreted basically shooting the agent in the foot. After all, if the average person looking at sites on the Internet, go to Google or other search engines. Since Google’s dominance in the search engines, you could say that Google’s index with its web site an essential part of doing business on the Internet.

Whether NAR has the best interests of its members at the heart of this issue is clear that there are agents and brokers and other real estate professionals to note that exactly the haves and the poor in the world of real estate online. Once the word comes out of this problem could NAR serious questions about their online behavior and its treatment of its members.

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