Move offers deep search tool to MLSs 
'Find' interface is flexible, forgiving
By Matt Carter, Friday, February 19, 2010.Realtors should have a tool for combing through listings that matches their level of expertise and knowledge of the industry, rather than resorting to using real estate search tools aimed at consumers.
That's the pitch Realtor.com operator Move Inc. is making to multiple listing services (MLSs) in offering a new "natural language" search interface to them in exchange for MLSs' historic listings data.
In talks with Move's discussions with MLSs, one thing that keeps coming up is that consumers have the ability to access a wealth of information, not all of which is accessible to Realtors through their own MLS systems, said Curt Beardsley, vice president at Realtor.com.
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