So where can the industry turn to for a dose of Fake Review Optimisation? Many places

fake review sign

Almost a month on since my series of posts on Fake Review Optimization, there is some still scepticism out there about the concept and its impact in travel.

Read More

Top tips for marketing to affluent Chinese travellers

china laptop

The rise of Chinese tourism has gotten the attention of a lot of travel, tourism, and hotel companies – not least because the bounty to be had is enormous.

Read More

Where next for travel user reviews, fake content and website publishers?

tick

As publishers, consumers and law enforcement get more sophisticated, so will the bad guys. It is doubtful fake reviews can ever be fully eradicated.

Read More
Advertisement

How to combat Fake Review Optimization in travel

dream reality

The first installment of this series showed how social media and search engine optimization aligned to create an environment that rewards hotels with high customer ratings.

Read More

Fake Review Optimization – How black hat masters beat the travel system

black hat

The first instalment covered the fusion of social media and search engine optimization, creating an environment that rewards hotels with high customer ratings.

Read More

Travel businesses pledge to spend more on social media and mobile in 2012

frommers4

Two-thirds of travel companies will spend more of their precious marketing budgets on social media next year, while over half will also target mobile channels.

Read More
Advertisement

Social media and SEO created a mutant in travel – Introducing Fake Review Optimization

opinion

Welcome to the world of user generated content – circa 2011.

Read More

How to take travel search marketing to the next level with product feeds

search URL

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is one of mainstays in digital advertising of almost every industry vertical, but especially travel.

Read More

Cautionary tale: When an online travel agency falls foul of the new Google

unhappy icons

How long could your business survive if you lost 80% of your customers tomorrow?

Read More

Stimulus and the Moments of Truth in hotel marketing

moment of truth

Moment of Truth is a concept proposed by Procter and Gamble to describe a step on the purchase cycle by a customer.

Read More