Best of Tnooz last week – All about RIP in search and startups, bolting horses, inspiration and threats

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

Top ten by traffic:

• RIP search engine optimisation in the new world of Google Travel
• Putting the supplier cart before the distributor horse in travel
• Another travel startup story: Why iGottaGuide failed
• Airlines face new and unexpected security threat – loyalty fraud
• Social media important in the inspiration and experience stages of travel, not for bookings
• Farewell Octopus Travel – consumer brand axed as Kuoni focuses on B2B
• Pinterest warning after adventure brand hacked, saucy pictures posted with links to weird UFO video
• Mobile device usage in day-to-day life – are you a morning or an evening person?
• Everplaces claims to have the future of travel guides in its hands
• This is the world’s best airline TV ad in 2012, says AdWeek [VIDEO]

Top five by comments:

• RIP search engine optimisation in the new world of Google Travel
• Putting the supplier cart before the distributor horse in travel
• Is the man in seat 5B surfing the web on an iPad because he is protesting, or does he not care?
• A new way to stay: Startup Stay connects galavanting entrepreneurs together with locals
• Another travel startup story: Why iGottaGuide failed

TLabs Showcase:

• A new way to stay: Startup Stay connects galavanting entrepreneurs together with locals
• Everplaces claims to have the future of travel guides in its hands
• With Zapd, use your iPhone to build websites for viewing on any device

How to:

• What is in the ultimate tool kit for hotel revenue managers?

The Scan:

• A startling stat on mobile hotel booking, and more travel tech news
• Cyber Monday deals, Acentic adds Bose, VisitCuba launches, and more news

Data:

• Hotel prices in North America – November 2012 to January 2013
• WebJet closes in on Wotif, Expedia falls further behind – Top Australia travel websites, October 2012

What you missed before:

• Best of Tnooz last week – All about startups, stealthy Google, up-selling, saving hotels and an award

Coming up:

• Tnooz-Sabre FREE Webinar – App explosion: how B2B apps reinvent travel and create new services

TCritic:

• Shaken, never stirred: ioSafe (REALLY) Rugged Portable Hard Drive

Previous events:

• Tnooz-Datalex Webinar VIDEO – Traveller experience: bridging divide between merchandising and loyalty
• Tnooz-Tealeaf webinar VIDEO: The mobile traveler experience
• Tnooz-Amadeus webinar VIDEO: How to market and sell unbundled travel
• Tnooz-Travelport webinar VIDEO: Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantage

GDS news roundup:

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

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