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Open Letter to Tripadvisor & Market Metrix re: Review Direct

If Tripadvisor’s popularity index can be equated to revenue, then paying to increase your popularity seems very, *VERY* much a grey area.

Posted on 22, May 201310, May 2014 By Michael
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Yelp Increasing Transparency

This is a quick and dirty post, something I seem to be a fan of. YELP IS INCREASING TRANSPARENCY They are discontinuing the sponsored business listing “favorite review” feature which confuses

Posted on 6, April 201010, May 2014 By Michael
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“Lessons from Ryan Air Online” (as cross posted from my personal blog)

Just thinking and riffing and pondering and what not…. As for Ryan Air… they not only wouldn’t care… I doubt they would find this anything but funny. This isn’t about a PR machine… Ryan

Posted on 6, March 200910, May 2014 By Michael
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Hotel, Travel, and Hospitality professionals… How do you feel about Yelp? Let me know!

With all this bad press, I am starting to become really interested in the hospitality industry’s response to all this? Yelp definitely effects us… but how?  Are any of you innkeepers, B&B owners,

Posted on 23, February 200910, May 2014 By Michael

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