10/22/2006
New functionnality: the "Feed source" of your travel
You may have noticed it already... Since few days, the search engine have a new functionnality: the "feed source" linked to each search result.
You can now easily find the travel feeds that may interest you, and integrate them in your RSS reader such as bloglines, netvibes, myyahoo.... and hopefully, soon on boardinGate....
21:55 Posted in boardinGate , boardinGate concept , Internet 2.0 , RSS , Travel and blogs , Travel and RSS , Travel Feeds , Travel Web Services , Vertical search | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this
08/31/2006
New feature !
This Autumn, we are introducing a new search feature : the RSS feed for a search. You can now get a dedicated RSS feed for each request you make on the boardinGate search engine.
You just have to click on the famous orange logo which is now displayed at the top right of the search results page. You can obtain the RSS feed which you can integrate into your readers. ( soon in boardinGate ).
A smart and effective way to follow your travel information !
Do not hesitate to send us your feeback.
11:55 Posted in boardinGate , boardinGate concept , Internet 2.0 , Travel and RSS , Travel Conversation , Travel Feeds , Vertical search | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this
06/19/2006
We are not alone anymore...
... to talk about TRAVEL 2.0 !
On phocuswright.com, you can read an article titled : "Travel 2.0 Confronts the Establishment" which deals about the gap filling between travel 1.0 and 2.0; and a conference also take place in november regarding the same topic.
There is an article as well on the subject here and here !
:)
17:45 Posted in Travel and RSS , Internet 2.0 , Vertical search , boardinGate , Travel Feeds | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this
05/31/2006
Les Explorerss : Interview !
Thanks to Claude Bénard for our 2nd interview on lesExplorers : the blog of reference for web and travel !
Claude représents in France the dutch company Cultuzz Digital Media well known as the world leader of market travel product on eBay plateform. ( Ebay also adopted RSS , here is the RSS for vacation ! ).
*our 1st interview here.
11:25 Posted in Travel and RSS , Internet 2.0 , Travel Conversation , Vertical search , Travel Professionals , boardinGate , Travel Feeds | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this
05/24/2006
"a generalist search engine incorporates too much information"
"A generalist search engine incorporates too much information, too much webpages; as a consequence, it impacts on the relevance of the results. Too much information kills information. The real challenge for a search engine is to differenciate a blog and a website that deals about a specific topic." Based on this fact, it is very likely that the market will be based on verical search engines." He is also underlining the fact that the websurfer insctinctly go on specialised search engines rather than on generalist search engines, especially in the e-commerce market.
These observations finally meet our standpoint on boardinGate : we are filtering, selecting and categorizing the information feeds to prepare, inspire and share your travel experience !
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04/05/2006
RSS: Food for Thought
Thanks to Paul Dettman and Addison Schonland for the publication of our article « Travel Professionals, how can RSS help your organization ?» in IAG blog's.
IAG blog's is sponsored by Innovation Analysis Group founded by Addison Schonland.
18:05 Posted in boardinGate concept , Travel and RSS , Internet 2.0 , Vertical search , Travel Professionals | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this
03/08/2006
RSS + TRAVEL = TRAVEL GENIE
A very good article to discover the potential of RSS within the travel industry :
More info about RSS :
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02/08/2006
BoardinGate live!
We have the pleasure to introduce you to our new service: the search specialized in the tourism industry (via the RSS feeds of the professionals of the area).
boardinGate stands as the 1st platform dédicated to travel information, and is opened to all professionals who are willing to share their information.
This service in beta version is developed in close partnership with Antidot. It is a first move in our engagement in the travel vertical search. This enhances our conviction that the RSS in the tourism area is full of promises.
We are on the verge to launch the travel conversation, and you are more than welcome to contribute to it here.
18:10 Posted in boardinGate concept , RSS , Travel and RSS , Internet 2.0 , Travel Conversation , Vertical search , Travel Feeds , Travel Buzz | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this
10/28/2005
Vertical search has great impact on China's online travel industry
"Analysys International predicts that the rising of vertical targeted search engines will produce a great influence on China’s online travel industry and exacerbate the competition in its recently released Focus Report on Internet-online Travel 2005."
More information here.
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09/08/2005
INTERNET 2.0 : Kesako ?
If you are still wondering about it, you should read this article from “Libération”, noticed by Laurent Bazet, which summarize pretty well the new version of internet, the 2.0.
I particularly appreciated the part which dealt of the “search topic” with an interview of Jeff Clavier explaining why vertical search has a true value.
I'm using the term "vertical search" to speak about boardinGate since I met Jeff. Indeed my first question during our diner was :"Jeff, what do you mean by vertical search ?"
Since that time, I put a name on what we wanted to do with boardinGate : a vertical search engine dedicated to ONE particular area: the TRAVEL.
I also found another interesting article from Forrester linked with our project. It’s about the social marketing and his 4 flavors :
"Consumers' trust in traditional forms of advertising is waning. In 2004, less than 50% of consumers trusted TV and radio ads, and only slightly more trusted print ads. What's more, consumers increasingly say they're bombarded with too many irrelevant ads. These negative attitudes toward traditional marketing have led consumers to take measures to block direct mailers, telemarketers, and TV advertisers from their homes in an accelerating consumer ad backlash…
Four flavors of social marketing :
1–Word-of-mouth (WOM) Marketing
2– Blogs
3–RSS
4–Podcasting”
More information here
Those 4 flavors will be axial within boardinGate, with a important stress on the WOM, and especially on the “Travel WOM” aka the TRAVEL CONVERSATION !
I end this post with the teaser of Liberation :”The future is back. And this time it's true !”
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