February 5, 2012

Expedia In Google’s Crosshairs

By Dana Blankenhorn : One thing about Google ( GOOG ) getting serious about monetization: The comparisons between it and Microsoft ( MSFT ) circa 1995 are only going to grow. Consider travel, for instance

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Google+ Pages add support for multiple managers

Google+ is adding some important features for Page owners. Among them: support for multiple administrators, notifications, and a consolidated view of how Google+ users have engaged with a brand page. The most crucial of these is multi-manager support,

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Google acquires restaurant recommendation app Alfred

Clever Sense created released its butler-like app, named Alfred, for the iPhone in July. The app is designed to learn the kinds of restaurants that a specific customer likes, then recommend similar joints based on Web reviews and other analysis. But it

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TripAdvisor CEO discusses fake reviews, Google | hotelnewsnow.com

Online reviews continue to play a growing role in the hotel industry, and TripAdvisor remains the dominant site for collecting and displaying guests’ opinions.

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Google promises it won?t sell travel

Google has tried to reassure the travel industry that it was not encroaching on its business. Head of travel UK and Ireland Nigel Huddleston said, the company has no plans to enter the booking stage, but plans to increasingly play a role in the sharing

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Expedia seeks ‘symbiotic’ bond with Google

Expedia is seeking a ‘symbiotic’ relationship with search-engine giant Google as the latter elbows its way into the travel distribution space, according to a senior director with Expedia.

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Expedia seeks ‘symbiotic’ bond with Google

Google Maps sports new look and feel

Don’t be alarmed the next time you use Google Maps: Yes, pretty much everything looks just a little bit different than it did yesterday.

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Trust?s experience with Google Hotel Price Ads and Hotel Finder

Trust International’s VP of IT and Product Development Sandy Riach said Google’s original Hotel Price Ads feature isn’t as successful as both Google and Trust would have liked. Yet, both are excited about the first market feedback for the new

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eBook: Google on the “Zero Moment of Truth”

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eBook: Google on the ?Zero Moment of Truth?

The way we shop is changing and marketing strategies are simply not keeping pace, according to Google. Winning the is a powerful new eBook published by Google, showing marketers how to get ahead at this critical new marketing moment

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