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29 Jan 2011

Thoughts on the Google Algorithm changes for travel

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136777729 ffa183362f Thoughts on the Google Algorithm changes for travel

If you keep up to date with what’s happening on the search engines then you will more than likely be following people like Matt Cutts, a web spam engineer at Google and Search Engine Land which is led by journalist Danny Sullivan, who has been covering search for the past 11 years.

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26 Jan 2011

Blogging and Social Media networking event in Leeds

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lifeinleeds Blogging and Social Media networking event in Leeds

Last year I organised a Travel Learning Camp in Leeds and I liked that people were open and shared their experiences using blogs and social media. I’d like to think that everyone learnt something that day, including myself.

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25 Jan 2011

Enough of the bullsh*t about making money from travel blogging

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fastcar Enough of the bullsh*t about making money from travel blogging

I have written blogs for six years, and I know how difficult they can be to monetise. Chris Clarkson wrote a post on his personal blog just before Travel BlogCamp that bloggers need to write travel content that consumers are searching for as part of the holiday booking process, and I agree.

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15 Dec 2010

The future of Travel BlogCamp

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tbcamp The future of Travel BlogCamp
Steve and Ginny from The Times talking at Travel BlogCamp 2010. Photo attribution: Happy Hotelier

Firstly a huge thanks to those of you who attended Travel BlogCamp 2010, secondly apologies for the delay updating this blog since the event. Initially, I was going to create an online community around the event, but I felt that there are already a growing number of blogging communities, so for now, it is back to a blog. I hope you like, and apologies to those who took the time to join the community.

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