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How Google could kill the Long Tail of travel

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 4, 2011

The personality of the travel industry has changed over the last 15 years. Prior to the internet's arrival as a major personal tool, the supply pyramid was fairly flat. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Washington Post editorial asks Justice to consider power of Google

By Dennis Schaal | January 3, 2011

An editorial in The Washington Post calling on the U.S. Justice Department to review competitive concerns in the pending Google-ITA Software deal symbolizes just how far the acquisition's opponents have... Read More

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Leak reveals the Apple masterplan for travel

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | December 28, 2010

Following the infamous leaked letter from Google indicating its vision for the travel sector, Apple is clearly not letting such opportunities drift idly by. Read More

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Twas the Night Before Christmas in travel tech

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | December 24, 2010

Apparently... Read More

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Skobbler aims to take mobile mapping fight to Google

By Kevin May | December 22, 2010

Berlin-based map app service Skobbler wants to grab a share of the offline mobile map market before the other web giants wade in with their own connection-free platforms. Read More

Google defends acquisition spree without mentioning ITA Software

By Dennis Schaal | December 15, 2010

When The Washington Post speaks, Google can't be silent. Read More

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Is travel ready for the Google Page Rank overhaul?

By Tim Hughes | December 15, 2010

As predicted, search is changing. In fact, search has changed more in the last six months than anytime since the introduction of Google Adsense. Read More

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TripAdvisor shrugs off reports, Google blockade still in place

By Kevin May | December 14, 2010

TripAdvisor confirmed today that despite reports to the contrary its decision to stop reviews from reaching the pages of Google Places remains intact. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Microsoft and others join FairSearch campaign

By Kevin May | December 13, 2010

Big news for the group lobbying against the proposed Google acquisition of ITA Software with news that Microsoft has finally joined the campaign. Read More

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Google and the difficult decisions it faces for local business listings

By Viewpoints | December 9, 2010

Demonstrating the latest local advertising search features at LeWeb 2010 in Paris this week, Google used scenarios that raise questions on relevancy and accuracy of travel-related search results. Read More

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Word-of-mouth marketing affects travel B2C and B2B

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | December 9, 2010

The old adage of any PR is good PR doesn’t necessarily translate into value in the firehose data-based web economy. Read More

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Google Places blocked from using TripAdvisor reviews

By Kevin May | December 8, 2010

Now here is an interesting development - Google is no longer able to stream in reviews from TripAdvisor to Places pages after the user review giant blocked it. Read More

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Check before you leave - live webcams on Google Maps

By Kevin May | December 7, 2010

There are a number of destination webcam sites dotted around the web - but very few where the webcam viewer is contained with a Google Map. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: FairSearch gets big support, fudges big questions

By Kevin May | December 3, 2010

FairSearch, the group created a month ago to oppose the acquisition of ITA Software by Google, won the support of a significant player in US politics this week. Read More