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Is Syndication A Benefit to the Listing Agent?
After hearing all the fuss about Edina Realty's decision to pull all their listings from third party syndication sites, I decided to take a listing Google the address and see what the likely hood that a listing agent would get a lead or inquiry from an online property listings. 
Here is what I found. 
I performed a Google Search on the Address 715 Yeoman St. in Waukegan IL.  I searched for: 715 Yeoman St, Waukegan, IL.  
 
The first page results were the following:
 
1.  Google Maps Listing of the Property Address. 
2.  Redfin's website.
3.  Trulia's Property Listing
4.  Zillow's Property Listing
5.  My Personal Website JohnZiemba.com
6.  KW.com, Keller Williams Realty International's Property Listing Website
7.  Estately.com
8.  Movoto.com
9.  Realtor.com
10.  Sawbuck.com
11.  Yahoo Real Estate
 
So with these results what would be the likely hood someone would be able to contact the listing agent about the particular listings.  With Google Maps, nothing happening there. 
The second result Redfin is a local brokerage getting data from our MLS IDX feeds.  In addition, results #7 Estately, #8 Movoto & #10 Sawbuck are also using MLS IDX feeds meaning they are brokerages. 
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