It has added online commerce offerings in local retail and restaurants, comparison shopping and travel, and folded them into its search engine, prompting complaints that Google is giving its businesses preferred placement in search results," the...
From squabbles with the travel industry, to suing the U.S.government, and various privacy disputes overseas, here's a recap of some noteworthy conflicts involving Google this week. The Dawn of the Social Consumer - Brian Solis
In addition, Microsoft also announced a new Live Search travel destination, Live Search Farecast, making it easy for searchers to find the best travel deals on the Web. Also available today is the new Live Search Farecast, which includes technology...
What Online Auto Advertisers Can Learn From Real Estate, Travel, ClickZ Experts Everyone involved with local should acknowledge the variety of different consumer use cases in the space. And everyone involved with local needs to be focused on...
At the SES Travel conference earlier this year, it's worth noting that even travel competitors had different ideas about what level of social functionality belonged on (or off) their domains. Or, there can be more open, serendipitous environments...
Melanie has over eight years of experience in web site promotion and over six years experience in search marketing for major sites across several industries including travel, local, entertainment, ecommerce, news and sports.
We've been busy planning our vertical search marketing event for the travel sector, which takes place this week in Seattle, and we're also working hard to put together another world-class event in San Jose next month.
Melanie has over eight years of experience in Web site promotion and over six years experience in search marketing for major sites across several industries including travel, local, entertainment, ecommerce, news and sports.
Yahoo Enhances Travel MapsYahoo has added some mapping features to Yahoo Travel, using AJAX to add layered images right on a Yahoo Map.blinkx Adds French VODEO.TV ContentThrough a partnership with VODEO.TV, a video-on-demand French language portal...
This suggests to me, that in spite of the age and size of more established brands and domains, there are still major opportunities awaiting those who engage in developing new, search engine friendly technology, scalable across a wide range of...
It appears that fresh speculation has emerged about whether or not Google will launch a vertical search capability focused on travel. Travel search brings consumers the best of local, social, shopping and multimedia verticals, and offers search...
Rotating Day: Vertical Search -- Each week, we'll cover a different specialty within search, including Multimedia, B2B, Travel, Local while comScore shows 28.1%, a 0.6-point year-to-year gain.Microsoft comes in third, with 9.6% share, down 1.1...
Retrevo Closes on Series B FinancingThe search engine for consumer electronics product information closed a Series B venture financing round for $3.2 million. Once again, I left London impacted by the significant verticalization in the UK market...
The average travel consumer has a sense for what they can afford based on their budget, but most don't have enough experience to have a good "feel" for what is a "good" price for travel between 2 cities.
Through SideStep, Kayak, Mobissimo, and FareChase, a consumer can search about a hundred suppliers for the best travel option and then click through to the travel supplier to book. So if you have the dominant OTAs and a number of travel search...
Patricia Hursh is president and founder of SmartSearch Marketing, a full-service search engine marketing agency serving clients in consumer and b-to-b markets. Travel looks like Google's next target. However, as more large companies and consumer...
More IM Search: Search Air Fare Info, Flight Status and More with Kayakbot - Travel search aggregator Kayak is announcing the release of Kayakbot for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). Lack of Search Marketing During Christmas Season Hurt FTD's Bottom...
He's heading over to travel search engine SideStep, to become the new president and CEO.MORE” Search Engines As Leeches, The Difference Between Paid Semel Says "Walled Gardens" are a Thing of the Past - This morning, Yahoo's CEO Terry Semel along...
Solomon brings a blend of consumer, commerce, travel and Internet search experience to SideStep. He brings relevant experience from top companies such as consumer technology leader Electronic Arts and travel services powerhouse Cendant Corp.
Consumer Reports Looks at Travel Search Meta Engines in New Study - Consumer Reports/Consumer Web Watch has published a new study that looks at how 11 travel search meta engines and aggregators like Kayak, Mobissimo, and Yahoo FareChase perform.
