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Google & The Infinite SEO-PPC Loop

15. October 2009

A while back, we had a meltdown about some really awful Google Local and Google Map results. We were clearly not the only ones complaining - in fact, here’s a good article from Danny Sullivan speaking to Sergey Brin about the problems with Google maps and local. Can you tell I’m about to complain about Google [...]

Q&A with Lonely Planet’s Tony Wheeler

2. October 2009

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If Tony Wheeler didn't exist, we'd need to invent him. You'll know Tony if you've ever hauled a backpack around the globe with only a fuzzy itinerary (Asia?? why not!) and a money belt stuffed full with everything except money. Along with shoes and toothbrush, the only other required piece of gear was the guidebook. Inevitably it was a Lonely Planet guidebook.

Surfer Mutiny at British Airways

27. September 2009

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Editor’s note: We originally posted this back in 2007, when BA first announced their surfboard ban. Since then the world’s surfing community has been boycotting BA over its policy. Just last week BA announced that from October 9, 2009, it will start carrying surfboards again - as long as they’re 6′ 3″ or less in [...]

Q&A with CheapOair

27. September 2009

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Editor’s note: We were looking for some cheap airfares recently and came across the travel website CheapOair.com, which specializes in cheap airfares. We were intrigued, so we sent them some questions. Erin McBride, their Director of Social Marketing, was kind enough to reply. Q: In a nutshell, what is CheapOair? How is it different from all [...]

Life on (Australian) Mars

23. September 2009

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It’s 6:05am in Sydney and I slowly open my eyes to see a bright orange glow around the window blinds. It’s eerie – like a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I open the blind and am greeted by a magical orange world. It’s like a Fanta fog has descended on the neighbourhood.

New Giant (small) Panda at the San Diego Zoo

7. August 2009

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New Giant (small) Panda at the San Diego Zoo

It's been a busy time for the giant pandas at San Diego's world renowned zoo this past week! First up, two birthdays were celebrated this week. Su Lin (meaning 'a little bit of something very cute' in Chinese) celebrated her fourth birthday on Monday with a massive two-tiered "cake" made of ice, carrots, bamboo and apples. The other big news to come out of San Diego Zoo this week is that momma panda Bai Yun (meaning 'white cloud') gave birth to her fifth panda cub!

Q&A with Sosauce

6. August 2009

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Editor’s note: We came across the travel website www.sosauce.com a few weeks ago, and wanted to learn more. So we sent them some questions. The founders, Sean and Howard, and Alisha in the marketing team, were kind enough to reply. You can also check out the Sosauce blog. Q: So let’s start with the name. What [...]

Google Maps, You Suck

17. July 2009

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Apologies for the rude headline. I am hoping somebody at Google Maps will be offended enough to actually read this post. And maybe then, Google will finally do something about all the spam infecting Google Maps and Google Local Business listings. On one hand, Google Maps is a great tool. Remember MapQuest? Not so much. That’s [...]

What’s New in Las Vegas

13. July 2009

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Las Vegas? There is no better place to visit right now! The weather is beautiful (not too hot yet), the prices of hotel rooms are the same as they were 15 years ago (hellloooo 1994!) and Viator has more to offer than ever before (no joke - we really do).

What’s Happn.in!

1. June 2009

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We’ve been keeping an eye on new Twitter travel tools, and here’s one we really like. It’s a new site called happn.in. The idea here is simple: the site creates ‘local’ trend watchers for top cities around the world (Amsterdam to San Francisco, Sydney to London, a few dozen more so far) and displays the [...]