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Google boost for Interactive Sites

Hotel Booking Interactive Sites has become the first success story for the Google Sitemaps beta project.

Interactive Sites has become the first success story for the Google Sitemaps beta project. keeping Google informed about new web pages or updates, and increasing the coverage of web pages in the Google index. With research from comScore Networks showing that 92% of searchers view search as a relevant tool for planning travel, search engine optimization should be firmly implanted in the marketing mix for any hotel or resort heading into 2006. Lack of a search strategy translates into lost revenue potential.

Travel Agency The Google Sitemaps beta project is an experiment designed to aid site owners with tackling two current challenges: keeping Google informed about new web pages or updates, and increasing the coverage of web pages in the Google index.

The research study also demonstrates that travel agents are increasing their reliance on GDS systems for hotel information. Nearly 90% of travel agents say that they use their GDS and GDS shopping displays as much or more today than two years ago. Travel agents also report increased use of hotel property Web sites compared to two years ago. Travel agents are less likely now to use printed hotel directories, direct mail, fax, and the phone to gather information about hotels.

Cheap Hotel With research from comScore Networks showing that 92% of searchers view search as a relevant tool for planning travel, search engine optimization should be firmly implanted in the marketing mix for any hotel or resort heading into 2006. Lack of a search strategy translates into lost revenue potential.

Flight Booking "Our Web CMS has now achieved a new level of SEO friendliness towards Google, which commonly we find is the number one search engine to refer traffic to our clients' sites. We're even more pleased that it provides revenue opportunities for our clients" comments James Carr, CTO of Interactive Sites.

For the second year in a row, Venere.com has been voted best hotel booking web site by the leading Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. Journalists at Aftenposten conducted a test among 23 hotel booking engines. The test was based on a combination of hotel price against a set of web site criteria usability, maps, pictures, payment method, quality of hotel information and hotel policies. Venere.com came out as the winner for online bookings, hrs.de was second and hotwire.com third.

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