Can Google+ work if it has high quality images, better links and uses Big Data?

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Google versus Facebook – a fascinating battle between between two giants of the web, not least because Google’s Plus network hasn’t really hit Facebook too hard yet.

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Fiz wants to champion places via crowd wisdom and user-generated content

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Fiz is looking to tap into the big data, geo-location and social graph trends out there to bring together leisure time, longer travel and social content

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Airlines on Pinterest: in-depth look reveals a bit of a graveyard

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Pinterest was one of the star social networks of 2012. Countless articles and reviews and paeans were written about it and, notably, unlike Google Plus, it never received much criticism.

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Google launches “Sign-In with Google+” option – 101 guide for travel companies to interactive posts

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Google has been known as a web search company for aeons. Now, Google is literally into everything on the web, including a growing penetration into the travel vertical.

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Case study: Travel Republic hits 1 million followers on Google+, a UK agency first

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Travel Republic, the UK online travel agency, has hit a social media milestone in attracting 1,021,907 followers on Google in less than a year.

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Google Glass – the Next Big Thing in the travel industry?

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Google’s suite of web and mobile-based services are continuing their penetration into travel industry. But with the launch of Glass, Google’s most hi-tech product yet, the ramifications for the sector are huge.

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Top tech companies fail to shine in social media engagement stakes

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The UK’s fastest growing technology companies are not so speedy when it comes to engaging customers on social media according to a study

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What’s pushing people to purchase on social media [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Lots of talk in recent months about purchasing via social networks, f-commerce and whether is will really take off

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The social foundation: How social proof increases clickthrough on search

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Word-of-mouth has always been one of the most powerful – and valuable – forms of marketing, and the age of social media has clearly accelerated the pace and efficacy with which word-of-mouth marketing (WOMM) campaigns can spread.

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Thomson turns to Google+ Hangouts to welcome resort guests

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British holiday brand Thomson, one of the largest in the UK, is rolling out a new welcome program designed to acclimate holidaymakers prior to arriving at their destination resort.

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