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NAR: Indexing is OK

November 17, 2009

This week, NAR officially approved indexing of websites by search engines as an acceptable use of IDX data. Here is a summary from REALTOR.org:

NAR’s Board of Directors:
“Amended the Multiple Listing and Internet Data Exchange Policy to conform to NAR virtual office Web site (VOW) policy and to make clear that participants may not use IDX-provided listings for purposes other than display on their Web sites but are not required to prevent indexing of their Web sites by recognized search engines.”

This is a clarification that was brought to the forefront when MIBOR (Metro Indy Board of REALTORS) sought to force their members with sites that indexed listings de-index them from major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and etc.

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2 Responses to “NAR: Indexing is OK”

  1. Barry Lynn Miller -REMAX (2 comments.) on November 18th, 2009 6:31 pm

    If everybody is going to be indexed now is there a good way to set yourself apart from the pack.

  2. Lisa Udy - Logan Real Estate (3 comments.) on November 25th, 2009 2:59 pm

    I’m glad they figured out Google wasn’t a scrapper site. Seems like they got the older generation to listen to us younger people for once!! :) lol~

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