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Has Your Hotel Ever Asked, “What Would Google Do?”

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Recap of Jeff Jarvis presentation at SES Chicago

 

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Jeff Jarvis, author of ‘What Would Google Do?’ kicked off the Search Engine Strategies Conference in Chicago last Monday.  He spoke about Google bigotry and how some traditional news corporations view Google as a monster, or Godzilla, and Google views itself as Snuffleupagus, who is harmless and just wants to help. He also addressed media as a process, not a product, and outlined some traits that make Google so successful. We took a look at how hotels can apply these same philosophies to build a better brand. (more…)

Leverage Blended Search and Boost your Hotel’s Search Ranking Position

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

What is Blended Search?

In May 2007 Google launched Universal Search which is also commonly referred to as Blended Search. Ask, MSN, and Yahoo began shortly after. When you search on a word or phrase in Google, such as Disneyland, the universal navigation bar at the top of Google displays contextual navigation links such as web / images / maps / news / video.

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