Kayak.com Releases Travel Search Data & Travel Index Tool

Oct 9, 2009 at 10:55am ET by Elisabeth Osmeloski

Somewhat quietly, last week Kayak posted a new feature that opens up access to their search data using Kayak Trends. A key feature of Kayak Trend data is the KAYAK Travel Index™, an a statistical model that provides a measure of travel demand from analysis of searches on KAYAK sites, and aligns that with average combined prices people select for hotel and flights. In Kayak Trends, you can get a snapshot of most popular destinations and search demand for them by day, week, month or year, as well as see a shift in seasonal trends by looking at the biggest upward and downward trends at a gla [...]

Filed in: Search Engines: Travel Search Engines, Search Headlines

What, Where, When: Travel & Local Search Combine @Goby.com

Sep 23, 2009 at 12:01am ET by Elisabeth Osmeloski

Coming out of (private) and into public Beta today is a new hybrid travel and local search engine, Goby.com (GO-be), a new entrant into the foray of "deep web" search technology, led by a founding team with web and search experience from Endeca (CEO Mark Watkins), Lycos (Jim Fell) and Reprise Media (CTO Vince Russo), MIT (professor Michael Stonebraker, co-founder) as well as travel distribution experience with John Walsh (World Travel Holdings.) The start-up received its funding from Flybridge Capital and Kepha Partners. Using a 3-box format for search queries, Goby's intention is to help g [...]

Filed in: Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines, Search Engines: Travel Search Engines, Search Headlines

Bing Plans “Instant Answer” Result For 61st Emmys

Sep 17, 2009 at 2:06pm ET by Elisabeth Osmeloski

According to a post on the Bing Community blog, Bing should be your first stop for Emmy updates, starting now, leading up to the broadcast on Sunday, September 20th on CBS. A query on Bing for "Emmy Awards" and searches related to the Emmys will produce an Instant Answer result like this: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="451" caption="Bing Instant Answer"][/caption] For now, you'll see the quick details including links to information about host Neil Patrick Harris (provided by MSN Movies) and the nominees (provided by MSN TV), along with photos and videos, and recaps from the 20 [...]

Filed in: Microsoft: Bing, Search Headlines

Hitwise Report: Bing Shopping On Rise Following Double Cashback

Aug 14, 2009 at 4:00pm ET by Elisabeth Osmeloski

Hitwise is reporting that Bing Shopping moved up to 4th place (from 8th) in the comparision shopping tools category last week, rising to 11% weekly market share. Combining the recent Double Cashback offer from retailers listed on Bing Shopping and the fortunate timing of the annual Back-to-School shopping rush has moved their weekly market share up from just 4% of visits prior to last week. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="506" caption="chart courtesy of Hitwise"][/caption] Overall, Hitwise reports that visits to Bing Shopping have increased 169% since the week ending June 6th ( [...]

Filed in: Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Bing Shopping & Cashback, Search Engines: Shopping Search Engines, Search Headlines, Stats: Popularity

Alan Rimm-Kaufman Passes Away After Courageous Bout With Leukemia

Jul 20, 2009 at 12:59pm ET by Elisabeth Osmeloski

The editorial staff at Search Engine Land has just learned that over the weekend, on July 18th, Alan Rimm-Kaufman passed away following a 16 month long battle with leukemia. He bravely faced countless rounds of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in hopes of a cure. Alan Rimm-Kaufman was just 41 years young, and is survived by his wife, Sara, and two young children, Sam and Davida. A moving tribute to his life can be found on Legacy.com. Alan was a valued contributor to Search Engine Land - his articles on paid search marketing and other search issues can be found here. Co-found [...]

Filed in: SEM Industry, SEM Industry: Community, Search Headlines

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