Comments on: A Hotel’s Guide to Using Flickr (Things I learned the hard way)

By: Claude

Claude — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:02:40 +0000

@Josiah

I don’t have specific examples with Picasa, but I guess Google universal Search is indexing first is own content (if enought data available).

I made 1 year ago a post about Google Universal Search and the tourism industry
see in this blog http://tinyurl.com/4jua6r

Feel free to made a comment feedback

Best

Claude

By: Josiah Mackenzie

Josiah Mackenzie — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:19:07 +0000

@Ken – Thanks for stopping by!

@Claude – I agree, Universal Search makes this even more important. Interesting that you mention Picasa – I haven’t seen much hotel activity there. Do you have any specific examples of this?

By: Claude

Claude — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:51:06 +0000

Thanks for this great post.

With Google Universal Search development, feeding with good content Flickr and others photos service (picasa.google.com) will be a wining SEO strategy for tourism operator.

Best regards

Claude

By: Ken Burgin

Ken Burgin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:28:11 +0000

Excellent and very generous article – thanks for sharing this information!

Ken

By: Josiah Mackenzie

Josiah Mackenzie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:31:40 +0000

@Jay – I like that idea…there are a lot of ways you can combine sites like Flickr and Facebook or Twitter and Flickr. Doubling up like that can help save time for the hotel marketer, but you have to be careful of just dumping links.

@Shannon – Thanks! I think using media like photos and video is always a smart way to sell your hotel – it gives a much richer experience for someone planning a trip

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By: Shannon @ Luxury Travel

Shannon @ Luxury Travel — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:35:24 +0000

I’m sold from the photos alone in the article. I agree it is a very good way to market especially since it’s free. Your article is very comprehensive, I have learned a lot from it.

By: Jay K

Jay K — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:51:39 +0000

This is a great article. I just recently presented this same concept and strategy to a group of hotel sales and catering professionals at the NewmarketPlus User Conference. There are many hotels utilizing this same strategy to optimize how clients are viewing their function space and generating RFPs. Flickr integrates nicely to Facebook, and most hotels have Facebook fan pages now. Using social media tools like Flickr and Facebook together have shown a positive impact on capturing more SMERF business – people that are on these social media sites more often.