{"id":8358,"date":"2009-05-11T11:49:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T18:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8358"},"modified":"2009-05-11T12:52:50","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T19:52:50","slug":"nar-idx-fubar-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8358\/nar-idx-fubar-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"NAR + IDX = FUBAR Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Ryan’s earlier post, I have spent the morning digging into the NAR’s<\/span> attempt to label the Google Search Engine a “scraper”.<\/a><\/p>\n

Clearly, the intent is to stifle Realtor.com’s<\/span> competition.<\/p>\n

There is no other explanation for a rule that specifically targets SEO<\/span> by dictating that we cannot put the content that consumers search for (addresses, MLS<\/span>#s, the names of developments, etc.) in the places that Google looks for it (page titles, URLs, etc.), while Realtor.com continues to publish that same information in those same places.<\/p>\n

How stupid is this? Let me count the ways:<\/p>\n

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  1. It’s legally stupid:<\/strong> The DOJ<\/span> went after the NAR<\/span> during the BUSH years and decided to settle last year. Do they really think the Obama DOJ<\/span> is going to ignore such a blatantly anti-competitive (not to mention technologically indefensible) rule?Does the NAR<\/span> really think the Obama DOJ<\/span> would side with a cartel over the consumer when even the Bushies<\/span> were like, “You know, we normally stick it to the little guy in favor of Republican donors but you guys are just ridiculous.”?\n

    The instant one of the boards we deal with tries to enforce this rule, I will be filing a compliant with both the FTC and the DOJ<\/span> and mine will be one of many.<\/li>\n

  2. The timing is stupid:<\/strong> Obviously, Real Estate is at the center of the economic storm that all Americans are weathering right now. Real Estate professionals are already distrusted (one study in the UK found that less than 10% of Britons trusted Real Estate agents).Such a ham-handed attempt to control information for their own economic benefit just feeds this perception, making the NAR<\/span> (and, by extension, Realtors) an even more attractive target for the Obama DOJ<\/span>.<\/li>\n
  3. Trying to “protect” content is stupid:<\/strong> Ask the Recording Industry or newspapers how well clinging to an obsolete business model by “protecting” content works.Information wants to be free in a networked society. The Internet itself was built to re-route traffic around roadblocks, like a city that used to have phone lines getting nuked by the Russians.\n

    As roadblocks go, whatever the NAR<\/span> throws up will be a joke. Ryan has already demonstrated that Read more<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Thanks to Ryan’s earlier post, I have spent the morning digging into the NAR’s attempt to label the Google Search Engine a “scraper”. Clearly, the intent is to stifle Realtor.com’s competition. There is no other explanation for a rule that specifically targets SEO by dictating that we cannot put the content that consumers search for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2572,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2572\/manipulating-blog-post-dates-the-nar-joins-the-blogiverse\/","url_meta":{"origin":8358,"position":0},"title":"Manipulating Blog Post Dates: The NAR Joins the Blogiverse","author":"Jay Thompson","date":"February 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Why is the NAR manipulating post dates? 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