Changes could be coming soon to the layout of Google's hotel search, based on our recent findings here at Koddi. Our team noticed a new modification to the layout of the metasearch results and room booking module in Google’s hotel search. In the screenshot above, you can see the new test locations highlighted in blue. Currently, this experience appears to...
Baidu, one of the biggest internet giants in the world and China’s top search engine, recently released its hotel ads product across multiple platforms. This new product, called “Aladdin,” bears a lot of resemblance to Google Ad’s Hotel campaigns. Will Aladdin bring a whole new world to the APAC travel industry? Let’s dive in and find out what makes this...
All roads, or rather clicks, lead to Google’s Hotel Search page. Google continues to iterate on its hotel search interface and experience for destination searches. When it was released back in 2018, the hotel search interface was only accessible from a destination search by clicking on the bottom button of the local pack to view additional hotels (as shown below)....
Metasearch has grown into an incredibly important channel in 2019 and has become more competitive than ever for advertisers. Advertisers that are looking to maximize growth and performance must constantly adapt, experiment, and evolve. While no advertiser executes this perfectly, the best performers in the space are able to make great gains by finding areas of differentiation and maximizing them....
One of the biggest buzzwords in digital marketing today is audiences. While the concept of target audiences has been around for as long as marketing itself, the evolving digital landscape has changed the way that brands reach their customers online today. Audiences have existed in other channels for digital marketing, but it is still a developing targeting method in metasearch....
Google has quietly launched a new filter by brand feature for Hotel Search on mobile. Previously, users did not have this option, but now they can filter by their preferred hotel chain and its respective brands. This new feature follows closely at the heels of Google’s expanded insight tools for Google Flights and Google Hotels, a new landing page for...