Well Google has officially announced what most of us have been seeing for quite sometime. . Yesterday in an Australian Blog a Google employee announced that Google will now be adding Real Estate information to it's Google Maps. The new "Real Esate" tab will include such things as property information, photos, for sale or rent information, and even AdWords. If the Street View is available of the property then that will also be included. For right now all this information is being pulled directly from two data bases. The most prominent one being Prudential.
To those of us who follow Google on a regular basis we have already seem this in Google Maps. The fact that Google has officially made the announcement is really the news.
This will have far reaching ramifications not only for the folks searching for a home to but but also for web design and SEO. I for one have seen this as a very positive move by Google and can only help both Real Estate Agents and Potential Buyers. It looks like Google will soon have a National MLS Service Database.
Once I have had a chance to better analyze this for you I will go into greater depth my thoughts on how this will benefit agents, buyers and sellers as far as Online Marketing Services for Realtors are concerned
