Links 07.11.08 & WTM
November 7th, 2008
It’s here again! I’ll be at the World Travel Market next week – drop me a line if you’d like to meet up.
Will also be attending the Travel BlogCamp on Tuesday evening.
- SEO terms and rich content – can they ever be friends? http://tinyurl.com/5mf85c with a travel writing focus
- 50+ Must Read Web Design for ROI, Usability and SEO Articles http://tinyurl.com/64qvqx
- Kayak received 62% of the vote for best travel site for cheap tickets over at the recent Lifehacker poll http://tinyurl.com/6kfu2q
- Not really surprising given ROI tracking of PPC & SEM – From the IAB “SEO top priority for travel sector” http://tinyurl.com/6nay8j
- Apps for LinkedIn launched – TripIt seems to be the first travel one http://tinyurl.com/5aux88
- Community shout out for the best travel web sites on Lifehacker http://tinyurl.com/6kq3as
- Of interest to UK’ers – Google Testing Post Code Search Boxes http://tinyurl.com/6jgfen
- Just had a go with Google Earth for the iPhone, very impressive http://tinyurl.com/62×3ek
- Neville compares the communication approach of JetBlue and BA and their respective terminal openings. http://tinyurl.com/67llrr
News and Links 24.10.08
October 24th, 2008
More commentary and links taken from our Twitter – excuse the lack of blog posts, we’re experiencing a large client workload at the moment. Knee deep in SEO audits and PPC campaigns. But it’s all good!
Check out Alex’s blog or browse the new Travolution site and blog for recent online travel insights.
- Good tips and advice on internal site searches http://tinyurl.com/44oxt8
- Neat categorisation of five Social Media spheres http://tinyurl.com/49j9cx
- ‘Adding social links to emails: what and where?’ http://tinyurl.com/6q5rz3
- I was aware of a significant difference in PPC vs SEO spend but didn’t realise the gulf was so great http://tinyurl.com/56udo7
- Joy! Big Google Analytics upgrade – get the lowdown at TechCrunch http://tinyurl.com/5v8vu4
- It’s time for travel content 2.0 http://tinyurl.com/6xhedr
- Great tips from Kevin ‘Travel SEO – How to Target Searchers at the Right Stage of the Buying Cycle’ http://tinyurl.com/6frzoj
Links 15.10.08
October 15th, 2008
- Top 21 email marketing information sources http://tinyurl.com/39ngzw
- Ten Hot Tips for Successful Online Travel Marketing – Part 1 http://tinyurl.com/4f6vt4 Part 2 http://tinyurl.com/3hnlqv
- Travel PPC: 10 Ways to Improve Your Campaign. http://tinyurl.com/3jjo4x
- Google adds more ads http://tinyurl.com/49vcb2
- Hotel service by iPhone or iPod Touch http://tinyurl.com/3wkuqm
- Social media supremo Chris Brogan posts ‘Tourism Bureaus and Bloggers’ http://tinyurl.com/4tsofy
Links 06.10.08
October 6th, 2008
- Whole Travel launches eco-friendly rating system for hotels http://tinyurl.com/3ln93e
- Online travel booking: What influences consumers? http://tinyurl.com/43abuv
- The wonderful world of multilingual SEO http://tinyurl.com/47svg3
- Just joined this Ning powered network – ‘A Tourism 2.0 Professional Networking Group’ http://tourism2point0.ning.com/
- Holidaymakers do not trust user generated content
Links 25.09.08
September 25th, 2008
- Good Q&As with Skyscanner CEO http://tinyurl.com/3jequd
- Long overdue – www.thetrainline.com has been redesigned (UK train ticket retailer)
- Online PR’ers – Yotify, Google alerts replacement? http://tinyurl.com/4v6de5
- Handy forum for those involved in travel related affiliate marketing http://tinyurl.com/45f782
- Good idea – New Zealand hotel puts scans of guest book online http://tinyurl.com/4p2cs2
- How to put your website on Google News – http://tinyurl.com/4yl96x
- Great example of triggered email (welcome messages or signup confirmations) from moo.com http://tinyurl.com/4wz685
- Holiday industry’s blues from Marketing Week http://tinyurl.com/4j4qfd
- Google Maps Mobile Adds Street View, Walking Directions http://tinyurl.com/4dqztn
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