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Can Google end 170 years of frustration between western companies and China?

By Siew Hoon Yeoh | January 13, 2010

Well, the threat by Google that it may cease operations in China has certainly set tongues wagging in the east. Google announced that it would cease censoring results of its Google.cn search engine,... Read More

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The irony of a Google exit from China - travel search would be left with one dominant player

By Kevin May | January 13, 2010

News that Google is considering pulling out of the fastest growing consumer market on the planet would leave the Chinese domestic internet with one powerful search engine for travel products. The search... Read More

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Will travel firms take the French approach over untamed Google Suggest tool?

By Kevin May | January 7, 2010

The result of a defamation case in Paris, France, has shed light on the lengths companies will go to if search engines are providing users with incorrect or damaging information. The case, involving the... Read More

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Bing's growing and Yahoo's slowing in search share

By Dennis Schaal | December 17, 2009

One month does not a search engine make. But it's clear from the comScore's U.S. search rankings in November that Microsoft's Bing search engine is making market share gains, and Yahoo's share of... Read More

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Will Google Wave kill the trip planning sites?

By Stephen Joyce | December 14, 2009

It dawned on me recently that like so many other Google apps, Wave has the potential to disrupt the crowded trip planning site arena. It occurred to me that the tool would be particularly useful if I... Read More

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Google shuns opportunity for travel with Comparison Ads - for the time being

By Kevin May | December 9, 2009

Google says it has no plans to extend its recently launched Comparison Ads project to include products from the travel vertical. The confirmation comes during a busy week for Google as it rolls out the... Read More

Google Goggles and PhotoSynth showing what image search can do for travel

By Kevin May | December 7, 2009

In a suite of announcements today - including how real time search will look in results - the new photo search product Google Goggles has plenty to get the traveller excited. The new product has a... Read More

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What does Google think about on a Travel Think Day? Not much

By Kevin May | December 2, 2009

Google hosted a private half-day conference yesterday for folk across the travel sector in the UK. Gracing the 150 or so delegates with their presence - and presentations - were the likes of Google UK... Read More

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One-on-one with Rob Torres, head of Google Travel

By Tim Hughes | November 27, 2009

I caught up with Rob Torres, managing director of Google Travel, following his Center Stage slot at the recent PhoCusWright Conference in Orlando. Appearing alongside Suzie Reider, chief marketing... Read More

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Google, Sabre see mobile ads as a moveable feast

By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2009

Google's move to acquire AdMob, which serves targeted advertising on mobile devices, coupled with a new Sabre survey on mobile services, punctuate the direction of travel advertising. It's standard... Read More

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Google real estate is all commercial above the fold - problem?

By Kevin May | November 9, 2009

A debate here on Tnooz in October 2009 saw all manner of opinions flying in about the merits - or not - of placing content above the imaginary fold-line on a website. But it is probably worth applying... Read More

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TripAdvisor stops Trivago brand-bidding, starts again, then stops

By Kevin May | November 4, 2009

Trivago is celebrating after an official complaint it made to Google regarding review rival TripAdvisor's use of Google AdWords has been accepted. The Germany-based review and metasearch engine reacted... Read More

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Halloween Special: Time to be scared - Troogle by Google only a few clicks away

By Kevin May | October 30, 2009

Google has spent the best part of almost its entire existence denying the concept of Troogle - a travel vertical aggregating its existing and related content with organic search and metasearch. The... Read More

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Trivago threatens TripAdvisor with legal action over brand name bidding

By Kevin May | October 26, 2009

Trivago and TripAdvisor could be squaring up for a battle of the review sites in the European courts after it emerged today that one is accusing the other of bidding on its brand name on Google. The row... Read More

Lonely Planet first travel brand to have a proper go at Google Wave

By Kevin May | October 23, 2009

Google Wave may not be setting the world on fire as much as Google hoped given that its current lack of integration into Gmail is an annoying stumbling block and invites are taking a while to filter... Read More

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