Within the world of metasearch, distribution is one of the most important yet misunderstood components of running a successful campaign. Predominantly in the background of day-to-day campaign management, distribution can significantly impact your bottom line if proper validation and routine auditing are not common practices. If you have had difficulty locating a live ad on an applicable metasearch publisher, do...
Last week, we explored the new updates to Google’s search interface in 2020. To read Part 1 of this article, click here. In this second half, we’ll take a look at what advertisers can expect to see from Google this year. Expanded Audience Targeting While Google is slowly rolling out a new SERP redesign, the marketing giant is also focusing...
This past January, our team attended Data Day Texas 2020 in Austin, one of the longest-running big data conferences in the world. This conference gave us a chance to look at some of the latest advancements and changes in the data world and taught us new ways to think about data-centric problems that our industry could face in the future....
ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) is the largest tourism trade fair in the world. The trade fair started as a small event back in 1966 with only 250 visitors, but it has grown to become one of the most important travel trade shows, not only in Germany and Europe but throughout the world. Today, it is a global industry marketplace, showcasing...
“New year, new me,” or if you’re Google, “new year, new search results UI.” Over the next few weeks, Google will be rolling out new interface tweaks to both paid and organic search results on desktop. Google’s new visual update prominently presents the site domain name and brand icons for organic listings, while paid search is distinguished with a bolded...
Solo traveling is a growing trend, making up approximately 18% of global bookings. Interest in solo travel has increased over the past five years, as shown in the Google Trends graph below, and according to Pinterest, searches for “solo travel” were up nearly 600% on the platform in 2018. But people aren’t just dreaming about solo travel; bookings are on...
With 2019 quickly coming to an end and the holiday season just around the corner, travelers in Europe are finalizing the details and booking their winter holiday getaways. Holiday festivities in Europe start exactly four Sundays before Christmas Eve, which marks the beginning of Advent. The celebrations continue throughout the month with Saint Nicholas Day on December 6th, Christmas Eve...
In software, an anti-pattern is a poor but frequent response to a common problem. Recognizing and understanding anti-patterns can save advertisers a lot of pain by curtailing losing behaviors before they negatively impact the business. Our unique position in the travel marketing space gives us the opportunity to see the most and least successful strategies for dealing with anti-patterns. In...