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Expansion of hotel review defamation action, Google added, FBI alerted

By Kevin May | August 5, 2011

Remember Kwikchex, the UK organisation which pledged to come down hard on TripAdvisor for publishing alleged libellous reviews about hotels? Read More

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Cataclysmic or mild annoyance after axe of third party travel reviews on Google?

By Viewpoints | August 1, 2011

Last week, the local search marketing community took a collective gasp as Google rolled out a stripped down version of the Place page. Read More

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BookMyBest aims to take on the new and old hotel search giants

By Kevin May | August 1, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Russia-based BookMyBest, a new hotel price comparison service targeting the US and Europe. Read More

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Five essential tips for developing a strong mobile hotel website

By Viewpoints | July 28, 2011

Every day new records are broken in terms of mobile usage in travel. But there is no definitive guide yet on how to turn a hotel mobile website into a successful engagement platform for mobile users. Read More

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China giant Baidu uses Qunar investment to launch hotel search

By Kevin May | July 28, 2011

Chinese search engine Baidu is wasting no time making the most of its $306 million investment in metasearch site Qunar, promising to soon incorporate hotel search. Read More

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Jizo aims to take travel search to the next level in Russia

By Kevin May | July 28, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Russia-based Jizo, a new travel metasearch service with a twist on the user experience. Read More

FairSearch-commissioned study: Google may have negative economic impact

By Dennis Schaal | July 27, 2011

A study commissioned for FairSearch.org concludes that Google's net impact on the U.S. economy may be "negative" because of the search engine's "dominance and market power." Read More

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Are we witnessing the death of the natural search ecosystem in travel?

By Viewpoints | July 26, 2011

Google Panda, a large update to the search algorithm released five months ago, is supposed to be about surfacing quality and original websites. Read More

Hipmunk dismisses Google, Kayak and profits as launch anniversary approaches

By Dennis Schaal | July 25, 2011

With the prospect of Google soon launching a flight-search product, Hipmunk is expressing its immunity from competitive swirls. Read More

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Best of Tnooz This Week - Review killer, Flash DNA, Tricky disruption

By PhocusWire | July 24, 2011

What were the best articles on Tnooz this week? Read More

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Appi Holidays wants to revolutionise mobile travel search

By Kevin May | July 22, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based Appi Holidays, a mobile-based travel search engine. Read More

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Google kills web reviews for hotels on Maps and Places

By Kevin May | July 22, 2011

Swift and decisive move by Google last night as it axed all third party reviews appearing against hotels on Google Maps and Google Places. Read More

Kayak to Google: Bring it on

By Dennis Schaal | July 21, 2011

With Google believed to be fine-tuning its ITA Software-powered flight search product, Kayak will have to compete, whether or not it executes an IPO. Read More

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Corporate travel buyers in the dark over customer use of mobiles

By Kevin May | July 21, 2011

Interesting survey from the Institute of Travel & Meetings indicating that business travel buyers have almost no say over the mobile behaviour of their clients. Read More

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How travel became a barometer for wider mobile adoption

By Viewpoints | July 20, 2011

The travel industry has found itself as the benchmark for mobile, with early adopters among business travelers driving the overall market forward for other verticals. Read More

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