In the endless battle for advertising dollars in search, Google has been rolling out new products that encourage more engagement with paid links over organic results. The most recent is Google Ad Extensions, with images and maps.
About Nick Vivion
Nick Vivion is a reporter for Tnooz, based in New Orleans, USA.
His passion for travel technology led him to travel around the world shooting travel videos for Current TV and Lonely Planet TV in 2006 and 2007.
He shot on Mini-DV, edited on a white MacBook, uploaded and shared online as he traveled. His moxie for travel video has resulted in over two million views on his YouTube partner channel.
In addition to travel, Nick is co-founder of one of the web’s most talked about LGBT media sites, Unicorn Booty, and is opening a bricks-and-mortar restaurant called Booty's in New Orleans – serving street food from around the world.
Collateral damage: Google cannibalizing their own PPC revenues?
May 24, 2013 By 2 Comments
For the first time, there’s ample empirical evidence that Google may actually be cannibalizing their PPC revenues in the travel vertical after entering the market with competing products.
Nosh nations: The monetization of the sharing economy spreads to food
May 23, 2013 By 1 Comment
The evolution of collaborative consumption continues, with several startups serving up different takes on monetizing shared meals in North America.
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Brand California: How to build a sustained, long-term perspective
May 22, 2013 By 2 Comments
With a flat annual budget of only $50 million, how does Visit California consistently construct such a valuable destination brand?
Beyond interests or vacation types, Zofari recommends like-minded destinations
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Zofari is a new Android city guide that offers recommendations not on time, type of vacation or general interests, but based on actual neighborhoods, bars and restaurants.
Big Data and the hospitality, travel and tourism industry
May 20, 2013 By 13 Comments
In a position paper, the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals shows how vital it is for the travel industry to effectively manage the millions of records about travel behavior that the industry generates each day.
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MapQuest releases place sharing and traffic rerouting to mobile product
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
MapQuest continues to bolster their brand with a refreshed and reinvigorated product offering. The latest update to the mobile experience is an integrated social sharing feature for places.
TrustYou plugs global review index into GDS workflow
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Travel agents seeking insights into potential properties for customers are often left to search the Internet far and wide to glean perspective on a particular property, a challenge which has been directly addressed by reputation managers TrustYou with their newest product.
US hotel spend grows while ancillary flatlines
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
PKF Hospitality Research has announced the latest results of their 2013 Trends in the Hotel Industry, showing a healthy 6.3% increase in rooms revenue from 2012 to 2013.
Mobile payments get serious on Google as Wallet evolves to handle travel [UPDATE]
May 15, 2013 By 5 Comments
With mobile e-commerce predicted to reach over $278 billion by 2015, the mobile payments sector is heating up – and Google is at the head of the pack, announcing the next iteration of Google Wallet at the I/O Conference later today.
