4 Mobile SEO Tactics for Hoteliers
With paid Google ads taking up a large proportion of ‘above the fold’ space on desktop and all of what is immediately visible on mobile, having a high ranking […]
Can Google search results predict hotel occupancy rates?
Google and STR have recently joined forces to share findings on how accommodation searches in New York and London correspond to hotel demand and occupancy data for those markets. NB: […]
New Mobile User Experience on Google Hotel Ads
This morning we began to see a new Google Hotel Ads mobile user experience being tested. The user interface has a new sliding scale for price selection above the filters […]
Diving into Hotel SEO? Focus on Local Search First
Perhaps more than any other industry, hospitality is tied to its location. While retail and office work have moved to the internet, hotels remain offline to a certain extent. The […]
How to be successful with Google Hotel Ads & Hotel Metasearch
In the world of online travel first came the search engines, then the OTAs (online travel agencies, i.e. Expedia) and most recently the metasearch engine websites such as Trivago and […]
How To Claim Your Hotel’s Google My Business Account, And Why
Whether you like it or not, Google My Business is your hotel’s virtual storefront. It’s the first thing most potential guests will see when searching for you on the web. […]
Is Facebook the Next Google? Facebook’s Search Functionality Explained
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last decade, you’re likely familiar with Facebook. Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has grown in to a cultural and financial […]
When Are Highest Value Leads Generated on Google Hotel Ads?
When it comes to metasearch traffic, the data for determining weekly trends for your account is readily available. We wanted to take it a step further to get a better […]
Do keywords still matter in SEO for hotels?
In the last few years, digital marketers have debated the importance of keywords in an SEO strategy. To understand this debate, we’ll need to step back and briefly look at […]
With Google ‘fines won’t work’!
On both sides of the pond, regulators and companies alike are scratching their heads about how to handle the search giant’s move up the trip-planning funnel Even as the European […]