Google will no longer allow real estate listings on its classified site on Google Maps beginning Feb. 10, 2011.

"Consumers will no longer be able to find for-sale, foreclosure, or rental properties through the search function on Google Maps, and real estate professionals will no longer be able to upload their listings to Google Base, the company's classifieds site, which is being replaced by Google Shopping APIs and will not support real estate listings." stated an article in Inman News.

Google blames the change on low usage and the expansion of excellent property search tools on numerous real estate websites, such as MetroBrokersonline.

"This does not come as a surprise to me. Even with Google's huge audience, it shows having listing data is clearly not enough to deliver a good real estate search experience and build audience," said Pete Flint, CEO and co-founder of property search site Trulia.

Google states that they never strove to be a national MLS system and the maintenance of such a system is a huge challenge. They are a context based provider and they will continue to focus their efforts there.

Read the full story at Inman News.

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