Time to wave goodbye to intermediaries in travel brand search results?

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Google, as well all know, loves to play innocent and quietly test new formatting for its search results, Places pages, maps, etc – as those relying heavily on search gulp in horror.

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Yahoo returns, Travelzoo climbs, Ebookers out – Top UK sites, July 16 2011

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More jostling for position among the UK travel sites with Yahoo back in the top ten after replacing Ebookers, which had a short-lived return of just one week.

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TripAdvisor beats Stuff to top spot – Top New Zealand websites, July 9 2011

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TripAdvisor has overtaken Wotif to become the leading accommodation website in New Zealand, although the share between the top ten has narrowed considerably this week.

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Applying semantic search and ontology to the travel industry

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The TED Conference produces many exceptional ideas and the one by Rory Sutherland explaining “intangible value” could be a beacon for the travel industry.

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Yahoo unveils new travel site in UK, other European countries to follow

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Yahoo has rolled out its new travel platform for users in the UK, with an emphasis on trip planning and travel guide content from the likes of Lonely Planet.

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Kelkoo hires ex-TravelSupermarket boss to run travel metasearch

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Kelkoo looks to be trying to reposition itself as a must-go-to travel search engine again after bringing in Chris Nixon, former boss of rival engine TravelSupermarket.

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Online travel companies display ad buys nosedive

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If you are an account rep trying to get online travel companies to buy display ads on your website, these are not the best of times.

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Apple, Google battle to a tie in mobile ad share

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Google’s market dominance in search advertising isn’t being replicated in mobile advertising as Apple and Google are expected to battle to a draw in mobile advertising marketshare by the end of 2010.

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Bing outpaces Yahoo, but is still looking for Verizon love

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Bing edged ahead of Yahoo in U.S. search share in August for the first time and became, for the moment at least, the #2 search engine behind Google, according to Nielsen.

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Should travel companies limit employee use of social media?

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At Microsoft they have this great expression that has passed into common language – it’s called “eating your own dog food”.

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