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PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of travel search, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more on Google, other search engines, strategies, executives and role in the market.

Turning hotel search on its head

By Glenn Gruber | June 7, 2010

The opportunities for hotel search are endless, especially if Microsoft can create something like its Pivot project. Read More

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Great way to search yet five big challenges for door-to-door site Zoombu

By Tim Hughes | June 7, 2010

I am a sucker for a new way to do online travel search. Read More

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Six ways to use social media and search to handle a crisis

By Viewpoints | June 4, 2010

Search and social media are two fast converging marketing techniques and there is an major opportunity for small to medium businesses to leverage them together. Read More

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Everytrail unveils guide marketplace, Ruba urges users to join

By Kevin May | June 2, 2010

Travel guide site Everytrail is taking a step along the road of rewarding creators of its content by launching an revenue scheme when users download guides to their phones Read More

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Part 5: Five challenges on the journey to mastering travel inspiration

By Martin Collings | May 29, 2010

Challenge 5 - Engage endlessly: Read More

The most visited travel websites on the web - April 2010

By PhocusWire | May 28, 2010

Google DoubleClick AdPlanner stats for April 2010 are out, presenting the top 1,000 sites on the internet. Read More

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Amazing global view of user generated photos on the web

By Kevin May | May 28, 2010

Kudos to Bluemoon for putting together this astonishing map of the world illustrating the location of pictures taken by internet users. Read More

Part 4: Five challenges on the journey to mastering travel inspiration

By Martin Collings | May 28, 2010

Challenge 4 - Build or buy to bridge barren bookability: Read More

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Google-ITA Software: a waiting game with plenty behind the scenes

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

The Google-ITA Software mating dance is going into overtime and we still don’t have a public statement and an answer. Read More

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Part 3: Five challenges on the journey to mastering travel inspiration

By Martin Collings | May 27, 2010

Challenge 3 - Map your desired positioning on the Inspiration Footprint Matrix. Read More

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Part 2: Five challenges on the journey to mastering travel inspiration

By Martin Collings | May 26, 2010

Challenge 2 - Wear the Bow Tie backwards Read More

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Part 1: Five challenges on the journey to mastering travel inspiration

By Martin Collings | May 25, 2010

Travel search is changing and understanding traveler inspiration is becoming increasingly important. Read More

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Is this the Google masterplan for travel?

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

In the past 60 days alone Google has made some interesting moves in the travel space. Read More

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Google buys online travel guide Ruba

By Kevin May | May 21, 2010

Community site Ruba obviously has something different about it from the countless other travel guides on the web - demonstrated mainly by news that Google has just bought it. Read More

Google TV and the travel industry: time to make better videos

By Kevin May | May 20, 2010

Google loves dropping an A-Bomb on the tech world, especially Apple it would increasingly appear, so today's launch of Google TV has inevitably got the web buzzing (no pun intended). Read More

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