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Page 1: Listing Syndication and Triad MLS - WSRAR · 2016-10-24 · National Survey conducted by Clareity Consulting, 5‐2011 Data Accuracy Awareness • 46% are aware that non‐MLS syndication

Listing Syndication and Triad MLS.com

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Contents

• Glossary• What is syndication?• Who can syndicate listings?• How are listings syndicated?• What are the concerns?• Where do you expect your listings to go?• What do members think?• Resources and Contacts

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Glossary

• Aggregator ‐ A term used to describe an entity that compilesand stores listing data.

• API (Application Programming Interface) ‐ A set of rules andspecs that allow communication from one software toanother.

• Channel ‐ A public (non‐agent/broker) website to whichsyndicators distribute data; Portal. Not regulated by MLSrules.

• Derivative Works ‐ Use of information from a data set,other than the original intent; Re‐Purpose.

• EULA (End User License Agreement) ‐ Governs use by theindividual user on a particular site, product or service.

• Enhanced/Featured Listing ‐ Added content or premiumplacement provided as an up‐sell to agent/brokerby Publisher.

• Extended Network ‐ A shared search experience ona public website other than an original channel; Datadoesn’t leave control of the original channel, but remainsresident in the original database. Framing; Powered by.

• Framing ‐ Surrounding the property search of Site A withthe branding of Site B; data does not leave the control ofSite A. Extended Network; Powered by.

• IDX (Internet Data Exchange) ‐Website owned by anagent/broker wherein other brokers have given approvalto each other to advertise listings. IDX sites are regulatedby MLS.

• Opt‐in vs. Opt‐out ‐ In either instance, the broker is giventhe means to indicate his own choice as to the displayof his listing data on a given national website/channel.Opt‐in ‐ the broker chooses to participate; Opt‐out ‐ allbrokers’ listings are included unless the broker activelyprevents it.

• Portal ‐ A public (non‐agent/broker) website to whichsyndicators distribute data; Channel; Publisher. Not regulatedby MLS.

• Powered By ‐ Provider of information for a website; hostor developer of website; property search of one nationalwebsite framed to the branding of another.

• Publisher ‐ National website operator; Channel; Portal.• Re‐Direct Link ‐ Link to the property detail page of the

listing agent/broker’s IDX site.• Re‐Purpose ‐ Other use than the explicit purpose for

which it was provided, often unauthorized; Derivativeworks.

• Re‐Syndication ‐When a publisher to whom listingshave been syndicated forwards that content to another,typically for display on another website.

• Syndication ‐Method by which the broker can instructthe MLS to distribute his listing data to outside websitesother than IDX and VOW.

• Transient Download ‐Method of displaying data on awebsite by pulling data from another server, so that thedata never leaves the original source (server).

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What is Syndication?

• Syndication is a method for Brokers to authorize distribution of their listing data to consumer portals hosted by 3rd parties

• Syndication allows a broker’s listings to appear on national portals such as Zillow, Trulia and other sites such as Hot Pads.

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Who can Syndicate?

• In Triad MLS, any broker who is an MLS Participant may authorize syndication of his/her company’s listings only (Syndication is not like IDX).  

• IDX authorizes brokers to display the listings of other Participants on their company websites and agent websites).  

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How are Listings Syndicated?

• The most common syndication method is by brokers through the use of a 3rd party such as ListHub or Point2.  • Triad MLS uses ListHub

• Some Franchisors also syndicate listings on behalf of their franchisees.• Triad MLS offers through ListHub

• Other 3rd party software offer syndication options as well. • Although Triad MLS does not enter into any agreements that allow anyone 

receiving data from Triad MLS to re‐syndicate or re‐distribute ANY listings received directly from Triad MLS, we do offer the syndication utility so that Brokers can opt‐in for their listings only.

• Some MLSs offer a feed directly to consumer portals without the use of 3rdparty syndication partners.  • Triad MLS handles this on a case by case basis and any and all access to Triad MLS 

data is governed through very specific data license agreements.  Triad MLS does feed all our ‘Active Type’ listings to the following public consumer portals: Realtor.com and TriadMLS.com.  

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How Does it Work?

• Each major syndicator provides the ability for brokers to set up a free account through which they syndicate their own listings. 

• Typically there is a dash board for the broker to select which sites he/she wishes to authorize to display their listings.

• Using the channel selections of the broker, listings are then distributed to the approved sites.

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What are the Concerns?

• Duplication • Listings delivered from various sources

• Outdated information• Some sources do not regularly refresh

• Re‐Syndication• Forwarding data on to another (unauthorized) site 

• Unauthorized uses• Have you affirmatively agreed to your data being used on “Powered by” sites

• Use for 3rd Party Integration (Syndegration)

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For Consideration

• There is no guarantee of accuracy when MLS is not the source of displayed listing.

• Are you syndicating from more than one source?

• Do you allow your agents to manually or independently syndicate?

• Manually entered properties are often not updated and do not link to current info.

• Are your listings going to places you are not aware of? (re‐syndication)

• Are your listings being used for solicitation by 3rd parties?

• What risk might your MLS and/or your brokers have from incorrect info?

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Concerns ‐Duplication

• Multiple copies of the same listing are received by publishers (portals).

• Brokers may be syndicating through more than one party – as many as four/five

• Agents submit listings manually (paid advertisements)

• How does the channel publisher select the listing to display?

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Where you Expect to send 

your Data

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Channels Extended Channels

If you syndicate to: 

Oodle via Listhub or Point2, expect to find your listing data on: ABC, Comcast, Cox Media, Washington Post, Facebook, Fox Interactive Media, Florida Press Association, Lycos Classifieds, Local.com, Media General, Miliary.com, MySpace, New York Post, New York Times, and Walmart. 

Trulia powers: the Sun Chronicle, The Bakersfield Californian, Washington Post, KTVB, Killeen Daily Herald, KOMO News, St. Petersburg times, Press of Atlantic City, Bangor Daily News, Pegasus News, Kiplinger, and US News and World Report.

The list of sites powered by Zillow is too long to list but it centers around Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. providing listing data to numerous sites within 23 states.  

Source: ListHub Channel Scorecard

Concerns surround the use of MLS Listing data to power other websites via the data syndication to the approved Channel. Do you know where your data is being re‐displayed? Example: 

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National Survey conducted by Clareity Consulting, 5‐2011

What do Members think 

about this?

• 71% of Brokers surveyed support MLS syndication to publishers at broker's request ‐ 11% are neutral and 19% are in opposition.

• 53% participate in an MLS provided syndication service. 

• 46% syndicate both via the MLS and independently or through a franchise. 

• Among larger brokerage (over 26 agents), over 72% syndicate both via MLS and independently or through a franchise. 

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National Survey conducted by Clareity Consulting, 5‐2011

Data Accuracy Awareness

• 46% are aware that non‐MLS syndication of listings is creating duplicate listings on web portals

• 70% are aware that many non‐MLS methods of listing syndication don’t provide methods of keeping listings up to date.

• If you syndicate listings by means other than the MLS, do you keep them up to date and take them down when a property sells?‐ 46% say ALWAYS‐ 22% say SOMETIMES‐ 32% say NEVER

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National Survey conducted by Clareity Consulting, 5‐2011

Data Accuracy / Distribution 

Concerns

• Are you concerned regarding the level of listing data accuracy on syndication portals?

‐ 78% Concerned‐ 13% are neutral ‐ 9 % are not concerned

• 79% are concerned regarding unauthorized re‐syndication. Among larger brokerages, more than 83% are concerned.

• 52% expect that MLSs will "very aggressively" police syndication portals and protect listing data. Another 25% expect MLSs will "somewhat aggressively" do so.

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Broker Action Items

• Log in to your Dashboard for ListHub – review your options and be selective about where your listings are going.– Read the Terms of Use for each site you select– Research via ListHub’s Site ScoreCard

• Check with Franchisor (if applicable) to see if they are also syndicating your listings.

• Check with Agents to see where they might be syndicating or manually uploading.

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Resources

Clareity White Paper "Syndication to Real Estate Portals": Problems and Solutions

WAV Group Whitepaper "Syndication: A Single Source Solution"

Clareity Survey "Broker Survey on Syndication Issues"

WAV Group Whitepaper "Listing Syndication 2.0"

MLS Tesseract "A Listing Syndication Discussion"

WAV Group Whitepaper "Listing Syndication Be Sure to Read the Fine Print

Clareity State of Syndication 2013 and Beyond

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Listing Syndication Broker Stories

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ARG of San Diego

ARG Update:  Life After Listing Syndication

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Home Services Subsidiary Edina 

Realty

• Minnesota Broker stopped sending listings to Trulia in November 2011

• Explanation?– Third party channels use their website to:

• Drive consumers to their site• Sell advertising & upgrades to agents and firms• Sell referrals back to listing firm• Sell referrals to the listing firm’s competition

– The early benefits of permitting the free display of listings by these third parties has diminished over time.

– Multiple data sources cause problems with data accuracy.

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Austin Brokerage pulls Listings, Ads 

from Trulia

• The Good Life Team joins Minnesota based Edina Realty and Dan Diego based ARG Abbot Group, in pulling their listings from third party real estate search sites. The Good Life Team  cites ads for competing agents appearing on premium listings, by Andrea Bramblett, 

Wednesday May 2, 2012, Inman News

Jack Responds to Questions About Truia De‐Syndication

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Another Broker votes with their 

Listings

• In November of 2012, NorthnagleREALTORS® of Rochester, New York decided to stop syndicating their listings to Zillow or Trulia.

• Northnagle is one of NAR’s 75 Top Firms.

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Listing Syndication Controversy

• A national conversation with regard to accuracy and value

• New internet advertising costs continue to grow as national sites mature and change their revenue models

• There is no “Right” answer for all brokers• Brokers need to make an informed decision• If you make this a business decision, your agents have more to talk about with Sellers

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Triad MLS Perspective

• Broker owns the listing, period.• Broker controls where the listings of the firm are to be advertised– IDX– Newspapers– National Syndication sites like Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.– TriadMLS.com (local consumer portal)

• Triad MLS facilitates this through the ListHub interface for Brokers as well as Data License Agreements in the case of entities like Realtor.com

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Triad MLS ListHub Interface

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How to get to ListHub?

• In Fusion, located in the Resources gadget under Real Estate Links

• In Tempo, located after expanding Sidebar under Real Estate Links

• Or, You can just go directly to ListHub.com

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Creating a ListHub Account

• Head Brokers are the only ones authorized to ‘Create an Account’ and can do so here.

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Setting up a ListHub Account

• Maximum Marketing = ALL Channels

• Selective Marketing allows you to choose individual channels using your own business criteria or other options presented

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ListHub Publishers

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The devil is in the Detail!

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An Extended Network

• In North Carolina

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The devil is in the Detail!

1. Terms of Use

2. Scorecard

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Terms of Use

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ListHub Scorecard

• Available for every publisher within ListHub

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The devil is in the Details!

1. Features

2. Ratings

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Filtering Publishers

• Filtering options are available for you to determine what criteria best meets your firms advertising policies.

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Filtering Options

• Mobile App Available

• No FSBO’s

• No Re‐Syndication

• Posts Redirect Link

• Provides Error Reports

• Provides Metrics

• Refreshes Daily

• Shows Broker Contact Info

• Timely Listing Removal

• Timely Support

• MLS Preferred

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Filtering Options

• Mobile App Available– A software application designed to run on mobile devices such as 

smartphones and tablets.  Mobile apps are downloaded onto the device and listings are kept current through frequent refreshes and updates.  A mobile optimized website would not qualify as a mobile app.

• 16 of 65 total Publisher’s have this feature.  • No FSBO’s

– Publisher only accepts and displays listings which are represented by a licensed Real Estate Agent.

• 45 out of 65 total Publisher’s do not display FSBO’s

• No Re‐Syndication– This site in no way re‐syndicates any portion of data outside its own network.  

All data received from brokers via ListHub remains resident in the Publisher’s database at all times.  Listings are exclusively displayed on sites identified in the ListHub Publisher description or Scorecard, which may include powered sites.  No re‐syndication helps prevent duplicate listings being sent to various sites, reduces technical support complications of multiple listing sources and improves listing updates accuracy.  It also allows listing distribution to be monitored and measured.

• 65 out of 65 total Publisher’s do not re‐syndicate!

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Filtering Options

• Post Redirect Link– The redirect drives consumers to the listing page on additional sites 

where they can access extended property information, usually the corresponding listing detail page on a brokerage or agent’s website.  This provides the listing agent and brokerage additional lead generation and traffic opportunities.

• 61 out of 65 total Publisher’s post a redirect link• Provides Error Reports

– Publisher provides ListHub with detailed information about properties that encountered errors when trying to post.  Additionally, Publisher provides ListHub the URL for each successfully posted property for tracking purposes.  This provides richer feedback data to the broker or agents which allows them to modify their listing submission for maximum success.

• 37 out of 65 total Publisher’s provide error reports

• Provides Metrics– Publisher provides ListHub with listing‐level page views and inquiries (such as 

emails, phone views or form completed, etc.) generated on the Publisher’s website(s).  This information is available to display in the ListHub subscription‐based reports like the sellers and agent reports.  The benefit is that the broker/agent then has information needed to measure and evaluate the results of displaying online listings on each site, and information to determine the cost benefit of paid advertising.

• 56 out of 65 total Publisher’s provide metrics

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Filtering Options

• Refreshes Daily– Listings are kept fresh through daily updates.  Publisher receives 

and refreshes listings one or more times daily.  Due to processing schedules, it may take up to 24‐48 hours for changes made in the MLS to reflect on the Publisher’s site.

• 56 out of 65 total Publisher’s refresh at least daily

• Shows Broker Contact Information– Publisher displays both the brokerage name and an address or phone 

number (or both) on the property detail pages.  This info is displayed in plain sight and required no additional click to reveal the info.  Displaying brokerage contact information increases the likelihood of compliance with required state real estate advertising requirements.

• 58 out of 65 total Publisher’s show broker contact information

• Timely Listing Removal– Publisher removes listings that no longer appear in the feed within 1‐

3 business days of their absence from the feed.  Conversely, other sites may take up to two weeks to remove the listings.  Timely listing removal ensures consistency, eliminated negative feedback from homebuyers and reduces the broker’s liability.

• 64 out of 65 total Publisher’s remove listings in a timely manner

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Filtering Options

• Timely Support– While ListHub support can assist with the majority of user data 

issues, when an issue must be escalated to the Publisher the response time can vary widely from Publisher to Publisher.  ListHub tracks the average time it takes from our initial request for support to the Publisher, to the time when the Publisher initially responds to ListHub’s request.  The benefit of timely support is to swiftly rectify errors which result in lost sales opportunities for brokers and agents, liability for the listing broker, and negative feedback from home sellers.

• 64 out of 65 total Publisher’s provide timely support

• MLS Preferred– Triad MLS recommends these Publisher’s because they meet at least 

five of the above criteria.  They all post a redirect link to your website, show broker contact information with the listing data, remove off‐market listings in a timely manner, and provide timely support when errors occur.  In addition, these Publisher’s do not re‐syndicate your listing data outside their network.

• 34 out of 65 meet the minimum criteria specified to get the ‘MLS Preferred’ label

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When ALL Filters are Applied

• When ALL filters (except MLS Preferred) are applied, ONLY 5 out of 65 total Publisher’s meet all that criteria!

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When MLS Preferred Filter Applied

• When MLS Preferred filter is applied, 34 out of 65 total Publisher’s meet all the Triad MLS recommended criteria!

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Franchise Sitesilters are Applied

• Four Franchise Publication Sites

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ListHub April 2013 Top 5 by Prop Views 

Stats

Publisher Listings PropertyViews ClickThruVisits

• Zillow 8,012 596,049 975• Trulia 11,409 291,261 1,084• Homes.com 9,516 52,580 115• GovListed 9,017 40,709 9• HomeFinder.com 11,514 23,486 1,012

Listings PageViews UniqueVisits

• TriadMLS.com 16,385 42,428 5,788

Note that if all filters were applied we would only be looking at stats of only 5 Publishers.  This chart just shows top 5 according to views and then TriadMLS.com.

• ListHub Stat Headings• Listings = Number of active listings that each agent has on the date of the report or the number of active listings in a property category as of the date 

of this report.  The listing count may include properties that are no longer active but were at some point active during the time period of the report.• Property Views = Occurs when a consumer clicks on a thumbnail view of a property to view more details, while still on the publisher website.• Click Thru Visits = Occurs when a consumer is redirected from publisher website to a property page chosen by the company.

• Triad MLS Stat Headings• Listings = Total Number of Listings available on site• Page View = Page views is the total number of pages viewed. Repeated views of a single page are counted.• Unique Visits = Unique Visitors is the number of unduplicated (counted only once) visitors to your website over the course of a specified time period.

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Top 5 Sites Best Practices 

Score/Criteria

Publisher Best Practices Score• Zillow Does NOT meet criteria as they include FSBO’s on their site.  Not 

MLS Preferred

• Trulia Meets all best practice criteria

• Homes.com Does NOT meet criteria as they do not post a Redirect link back to firm/agent nor do they report errors.  Not MLS Preferred.

• GovListed Does not provide error reports.  Other than that, meets all other criteria.  Is MLS Preferred.

• HomeFinder.com Does not provide error reports.  Other than that, meets all other criteria.  Is MLS Preferred.

Note that if all filters were applied we would only be looking at stats of only 5 Publishers.  This chart just shows top 5 according to Property Views.

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Start with MLS Preferred

• Starting with the MLS Preferred filter offers the most relevant criteria for most members.

• However, as always, the Broker/Firm has ultimate choice in what to do with their listings.

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Publisher Settings 

• You can select options here that will govern how your selections are handled for any sites added in future.  

• Provided they meet the criteria you have filtered, your listings would automatically start going to them.  

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Summary of Issues

• Advertising– Money– Accuracy– Professionalism– Violations of State Licensing Laws

• Protecting your Firm’s Assets– Duplicate listings– Unauthorized sites– Re‐syndication

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Going Forward

• Develop an advertising plan.  It gives you and your agents something to talk about when working with clients.

• Review the ListHub dashboard filters.  Which ones make sense to apply based on your advertising plan?

• Set Publisher settings to apply the same filters to new ListHub Publishers.

• Review your office policies regarding agent advertising efforts

• Review advertising statistics provided by ListHub

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Understanding reasons behind TriadMLS.com

• In order to help our members remain competitive amongst all these internet marketing strategies, TriadMLS.com displays and promotes listings, open houses and our participating members (AT NO ADDITIONAL FEE) to consumers and more importantly, drives traffic and leads to our member sites.

• Our three main objectives for TriadMLS.com are:– Provide defensive strategy that helps Triad MLS Participating 

brokers push back third party websites from dominant positions– Generate significant listing exposure and leads/traffic for our 

Brokers as a member benefit– Reduce consumer reliance on third party websites by offering a 

local alternative with no sales pressure

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Understanding reasons behind TriadMLS.com

Thank you for your time and this presentation is available through your local Association!