Dot-MLS and other TLD applications delayed
By Sharon Hill
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization responsible for managing URLS and assigning top level domains, has had to take offline its electronic TLD application system. The deadline for dot-MLS and other TLD applications was first extended to April 20 and is now in limbo until the system is repaired. According to ICANN ongoing announcements, a system error enabled applicants to view some of the other applicants’ names, though ICANN has said it has no evidence of being hacked.
We’re staying in touch with Brian Larson, corporate secretary at MLS Domains Association, for news on whether the association had secured enough MLSs committed to purchase of dot-MLS sites to make its TLD application feasible. As well, we’re hoping to find out if the China-based owners of www.mls.com, who are not MLS affiliated, will be applying as well. The May 1 “reveal date” (when anyone can see all applications) has also been moved back to an unknown date.
Dot-MLS competitor, puzzling helm change
By Sharon Hill
Brian Larson, attorney for the MLS Domains Association, and long-time real estate blogger and litigator, released three distinct announcements about changes at MDA, and its bid to control the pending dot-MLS top-level domain.
1. The China-based owner of www.mls.com, which appears to be an aggregator rather than MLS affiliate, has stepped up to try to claim the dot-MLS as its own – the very thing that the MDA means to thwart with its own ICANN application.
2. The MLS Domains Association has chosen its own registry provider.
3. Bob Bemis, who last week announced his new position at real estate and rental site Zillow, has offered to resign as the MLS Domains Association president and leave behind the dot-MLS project he spearheaded for so long. That’s certainly as it should be, since his new role at Zillow would put him in what some would call the enemy camp. Strangely, his MDA resignation has not been accepted – yet a president elect has been named, in case he leaves. With his relocation to Seattle to take over at Zillow in the spring, Bemis will no longer be CEO of the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service. Continue reading
MLS Domains Association expands dot-MLS options
MLS Domains Association signs up MLSs, dot-mls domains
The MLS Domains Association project, created by 15 MLS groups in the US and overseen by Bob Bemis of Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service, is making some headway since we last talked with them. Local publishers should be aware of the .mls URLs already spoken for.
The ones we know of so far: Continue reading
Trader.ca adds resale home listings amid competition dustup
It may be months before a definitive outcome in the battle between Canada’s real estate industry and the federal Competition Commissioner, but the showdown has already emboldened a number of players. Trader.ca, owned by Yellow Pages Group, Continue reading
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