14 April 2011 | Destination Marketing | 4 comments
Anyone working in the UK SEO industry would have anxiously been awaiting Google's rollout of its Panda / Farmer update. That day came last Monday and you can read more about the announcement on the Google Webmaster Central blog. Google's aim was to tweak the algorithms to help searchers find better quality sites. Searchmetrics have taken a look at the winners and losers and I've pulled out...
06 March 2008 | Destination Marketing | 0 comments
The South African Tourist board has launched a microsite in conjunction with the Daily Telegraph. Site visitors are encouraged to share their experiences based around seven key themes. Each theme is accompanied by a video of a past visitor talking about their experiences. There is also a chance to win a five day holiday. Each theme page is going to become quite long as more experiences are added. As these...
16 January 2008 | Destination Marketing | 0 comments
TourismROI is a global B2B networking and information service for tourism destinations around the world. I met up for a coffee with Richard Miller and Don Montague during the World Travel Market to find out more about the site. Richard worked at the World Travel & Tourism Council for over 16 years culminating in a role as the Executive Vice President. In 2007 he joined MMG Worldwide, a NYC based firm...
02 August 2007 | Destination Marketing | 0 comments
A new campaign by Baltimore Tourism gives residents the opportunity to describe their personal highlights of the city. Site visitors are encouraged to upload videos of themselves in their favourite places at Visit My Baltimore. My own perception, rightly or wrongly, is a large city in Maryland with high crime levels and an odd sounding baseball team. (A few years living in Chicago gave me an early love for the...