Comments on: Conflict over the letters MLS amongst Realtors and NAR http://nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar with The Holly White Team , RE/MAX Elite Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:45:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Holly White http://nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/#comment-50 Holly White Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:16:46 +0000 http://www.nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/#comment-50 Hi Sam! Thanks for the comment. I agree with restrictions on meta data but that isn't what this whole "citynameMLS.com" thing about. It's really about Realtors out there who have cleverly obtained domain names to build their business and now some other Realtors aren't happy about it because they didn't think of it first (in my humble opinion). Having a high ranking website doesn't come from a domain name. These days it comes from quality content and a site that truly shows the whole picture (in my opinion) along with some great SEO (white hat stuff of course). Nice site by the way (and ranking :) ). Hi Sam! Thanks for the comment. I agree with restrictions on meta data but that isn’t what this whole “citynameMLS.com” thing about. It’s really about Realtors out there who have cleverly obtained domain names to build their business and now some other Realtors aren’t happy about it because they didn’t think of it first (in my humble opinion). Having a high ranking website doesn’t come from a domain name. These days it comes from quality content and a site that truly shows the whole picture (in my opinion) along with some great SEO (white hat stuff of course).

Nice site by the way (and ranking :) ).

]]> By: Sam Chapman http://nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/#comment-49 Sam Chapman Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:22:35 +0000 http://www.nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/#comment-49 I am glad to see restrictions put on meta data. Although there is debate about which search engines pay attention to this information, I hate to see unethical agents stuffing. One agent went as far as to inserv almost invisible graphics as tiny dots so he could stuff alt text with keywords. Creative, but not exactly white hat stuff. I am glad to see restrictions put on meta data. Although there is debate about which search engines pay attention to this information, I hate to see unethical agents stuffing. One agent went as far as to inserv almost invisible graphics as tiny dots so he could stuff alt text with keywords. Creative, but not exactly white hat stuff.

]]> By: Ben DeBell http://nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/#comment-48 Ben DeBell Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:27:37 +0000 http://www.nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/#comment-48 A fascinating blog post – thank you for writing this. I think that MLS is clearly MLS and most Internet users would not mistake citynameMLS.com for the actual MLS website. I don’t think that realtors using MLS in their domain names pose a serious competitive threat to MLS. I wonder why a compromise was not suggested – asking realtors to add a statement such as “This site is not affiliated with MLS.com in any way” would surely please both sides? Realtors could hang onto their domain names and MLS would not have to worry about brand confusion. A fascinating blog post – thank you for writing this. I think that MLS is clearly MLS and most Internet users would not mistake citynameMLS.com for the actual MLS website. I don’t think that realtors using MLS in their domain names pose a serious competitive threat to MLS. I wonder why a compromise was not suggested – asking realtors to add a statement such as “This site is not affiliated with MLS.com in any way” would surely please both sides? Realtors could hang onto their domain names and MLS would not have to worry about brand confusion.

]]> By: Gary Ashton http://nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/#comment-47 Gary Ashton Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:54:05 +0000 http://www.nashvillehomes.org/conflict-over-the-letters-mls-amongst-realtors-and-nar/#comment-47 Hey Holly, That is a fantastic argument and very insightful. Hopefully you'll get to add those thoughts at the FreeTheMLS.com site. There is a definate movement to change this ethics ruling and not just from realtors that have MLS in their domain but agents that believe in honest and fair competition and a desire to provide the consumer with the best information possible. Keep up the good work :) Gary Hey Holly,
That is a fantastic argument and very insightful. Hopefully you’ll get to add those thoughts at the FreeTheMLS.com site.

There is a definate movement to change this ethics ruling and not just from realtors that have MLS in their domain but agents that believe in honest and fair competition and a desire to provide the consumer with the best information possible.

Keep up the good work :)

Gary

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