Best of Tnooz last week – SEO games, Birthdays all round, Haters, Instant bookings, Walk-Ins

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top ten by traffic:

• Which travel website is winning the SEO game so far in 2012?
• Google Flight Search one year on – no wonder rivals can sleep safely in their beds at night
• Apple selects launch partner in HRS for hotel tools on Passbook app
• The Haters versus TripAdvisor – Is it 0-0 or 1-1?
• Tours and activities: instant web bookings still largely a dream
• Big shuffle at Travelport includes departure of marketing chief
• Mobile, maps, travel and the Walk-In Economy
• What is Facebook at one billion users? It is more relevant to travel than ever [INFOGRAPHIC]
• Hello Kitty takes tourists around Tokyo with colorful digital gusto
• With help from BuzzFeed, Expedia gay marriage video goes (officially) viral

Top five by comments:

• Tours and activities: instant web bookings still largely a dream
• Tnooz turns three, a very good number
• Which travel website is winning the SEO game so far in 2012?
• Google Flight Search one year on – no wonder rivals can sleep safely in their beds at night
• Apple selects launch partner in HRS for hotel tools on Passbook app

TLabs Showcase:

• Boxever wants to bring genuine Big Data to airlines
• Volunteer Forever helps users find the right program and raise funding for volunteer placements

Data:

• Webjet closes in on Expedia – Top New Zealand travel websites, September 2012
• Priceline and Expedia take a little fall – Top US travel websites, September 2012
• EasyJet stretches lead ahead of Ryanair – Top UK travel websites, September 2012
• Air Canada loses out to WestJet – Top Canada travel websites, September 2012

What you missed before:

• Best of Tnooz last week – Rethinking UEX, Buying, Ass-pain, Doomsday, Parental guidance

Coming up:

• Tnooz-Travelport FREE Webinar: Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantage

Previous events:

• TnoozLIVE – AUDIO: Economy and consumer trends, how they hit tech, social and mobile
• Tnooz-PhoCusWright VIDEO: LIVE research with YOU as the subject
• TnoozLIVE – VIDEO: Marketing to the new traveller in Asia
• Tnooz-Sabre webinar VIDEO: Technology and its massive impact on the travel experience
• Tnooz-Amadeus webinar VIDEO: Rethinking airports for future connected travelers
• Tnooz-ITB Academy webinar VIDEO: Hotels and mobile – What is next?

GDS news roundup:

• GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – October 2012

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