Articles tagged “google”

User-generated reviews are beginning to pay a significantly larger role in travelers’ decision processes, but hotels can still participate in the conversation by replying to positive and negative reviews.

We're still waiting to see what Google will do with Frommer's, but Google's acquisition of Zagat hasn't stymied Yelp's growth.

"SEO experts" encourage hotels to create original, engaging content and redesign their websites -- and hire them to do the work. But the truth is some common sense changes are what hotel sites need.

It’s not as cool as Google’s self-driving car, but it could be more useful if the transceiver that detects pedestrians, red lights, and icy roads to control speed can be inserted in cars already owned by the general public.

Google’s persistence at mapping and capturing images from every corner of the earth should translate into an incredible product for Google Glasses and hefty revenge for getting booted off the iPhone.

There are fascinating possibilities for how Google's ubiquitous mapping will play out on Google Glasses where users may be able to view vistas and virtually walk through locations as if they are there.

Although Google is a giant, its skills at creating and managing content on its own are easily some of its weakest. How well it's able to improve the Zagat mobile experience is the first big step it's taken since the acquisition.

From underwater journeys to architectural showpieces like St. Petersburg's Catherine Palace, the name "Street View" doesn't begin to cover everything that Google is now capturing.

Google Maps is looking better every day as it ramps up its campaign to show developers and the public that it’s not only reliable, but magnanimous, by sharing more data with the 800,000 sites and apps using its API.

Google must have a mighty big ego right now as users continue to go out of their way to use its web app over Apple’s native iOS app while also proving that product quality outweighs platform.