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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Google Testing Vacation Rental Search in Price-Comparison Tool

In the past month, some Google searches have been revealing an option to comparison-shop vacation rentals. In our checks Tuesday, we could find vacation rental filters for Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, […]

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Will Google become a dominant force in hospitality?

Google, whose mantra used to be ‘Don’t be evil’ (until it dropped it for the motto ‘Do the right thing’), is almost omnipresent in our lives these days. We use […]

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Highly browsable experience improves travel brand visibility on Google

New research from Searchmetrics identifies the important travel industry-specific search ranking factors that travel agents, airlines, hotel chains and other travel-related brands should consider in order to help improve their […]

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Google Flight Search: a dead man walking?

Bobby Healy, one of Google’s most outspoken critics, shares his opinion on what the European Commission’s fine means for flight search, and argues that a dedicated travel industry council might […]

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Google Hotel Price Trends Feature Now Available on Mobile

When booking a hotel, 61% of travelers consider the room’s rate to be the most important consideration factor. NB: This is an article by Koddi Metasearch publishers like Google continue […]

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Is Google becoming the biggest hotel metasearch engine?

Google has always been a giant of the search world, but now it seems the behemoth is expanding even further to take over the metasearch arena for hotels and travel. […]

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How Google is Helping Hotels get Smarter with Search

Last week, we were joined by Jennifer Wesley, Industry Director for Travel at Google, to discuss Smart SEO Strategies to Drive More Direct Bookings. She provided a fascinating insight into […]

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