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What does Google think about on a Travel Think Day? Not much
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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
One-on-one with Rob Torres, head of Google Travel
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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
Google real estate is all commercial above the fold - problem?
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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
Halloween Special: Time to be scared - Troogle by Google only a few clicks away
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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
Trivago threatens TripAdvisor with legal action over brand name bidding
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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
Twitter, Google and Bing - The Perfect Storm of travel search
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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
Why TechCrunch is wrong about Google Sidewiki
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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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