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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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Twitter, Google and Bing - The Perfect Storm of travel search

By Kevin May | October 22, 2009

Travel companies that dismissed micro-blogging service Twitter ("Why do I want to know if someone is eating a bagel or not?") may well be rethinking their strategy this morning. News initially from... Read More

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Google helping TripAdvisor to maintain barrier to entry

By Alex Bainbridge | October 16, 2009

When considering an online travel startup you tend to think about three approaches. Taking on the incumbent, creating a whole new category that you can dominate, and assuming that the market must be... Read More

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From Google more hocus-pocus travel focus

By Dennis Schaal | October 16, 2009

When the Google behemoth speaks about travel, as one official did during the company's third quarter conference call yesterday, we listen. But, all we got were more generalities and little substance... Read More

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Verizon welcomes Android, Apple Store remains open

By Dennis Schaal | October 7, 2009

Google and Verizon Wireless are teaming to get Google's Android mobile platform humming on the largest wireless network in the U.S., with its 87 million subscribers. Both companies committed to putting... Read More

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Talking Travel Tech: Arnaud Bilquez of Air Valid

By Claude Bénard | October 6, 2009

Arnaud Bilquez is claiming to lead a new form of travel reviewing, creating the new concept of NOW Reviews for the airline market. Just as Twitter offers real-time news, searches and messaging, Google... Read More

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Welcome @GoogleTravel to Twitter

By Alex Bainbridge | October 5, 2009

We can have a long debate about the merits of Twitter. It has its advocates as well its opponents. The reason I like Twitter is because the travel industry is so fragmented that it is a great mechanism... Read More

Google Wave trip-planning gadget preview

By Kevin May | October 2, 2009

As the tech world clammers for a closed beta invite of Google Wave, it is left to the lucky few to play around and report back. The original Google Wave Developer Preview clip on YouTube [views: 4.5... Read More

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Why TechCrunch is wrong about Google Sidewiki

By Dennis Schaal | September 28, 2009

The just-launched Google Sidewiki is informative and pretty fun to play with even as it tends to disintermediate website publishers and fragments comments about their content. TechCrunch's Michael... Read More

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Dopplr sale illustrates Cloud Super-PNR opportunity

By Alex Bainbridge | September 28, 2009

In a short blog post Dopplr has this morning confirmed that their rumoured sale to Nokia has completed successfully. So it's about the data. Interconnected data. One of the challenges with Dopplr is... Read More

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