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March 2010
Holiday Rental Directory
Without a doubt internet nowdays is one of the most effective mediums for holiday home advertising. There is plenty of rental listing sites where you can list your property for a fee or sometimes even for free. Not all of them will be effective for your particular property however. Currently I believe into location-specific rental [...]
July 2009
Holiday Rental Search Engine
Up for developing another Holiday Rental Search Engine? Here is an executive summary for you, ready for fund raising:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The idea is to create a true Holiday Rental Search Engine, similar to Google but only for holiday rental websites.
Vast numbers of holiday rental owners have personal websites for their properties. The search [...]
February 2009
Number One in Google
HolidayHomeAdvertising.co.uk is number one in Google.co.uk for “holiday home advertising” search phrase. Among usual affecting things (such as unique highly relevant content and backlinks) the proper domain name showed to be the deciding factor.
HomeAway continues consolidation
Yesterday HomeAway announced acquisition of Homelidays.com, a well-known player on European rental listing scene. Value of the deal wasn’t disclosed. Thus HomeAway continues consolidation of the holiday rental market. What does it mean to a holiday home owner? Well, it may mean a few things:
Losing diversity. Lack of choice of good listing sites may lead [...]
January 2009
On Holiday Rental Industry
Interesting things going on in the holiday rental industry. After securing a much discussed $250 million funding HomeAway has at last redesigned its set of aesthetically awful websites. Now they indeed look far better and more professional. As a result of its aggressive acquisition strategy, HomeAway has taken up just about every major player in [...]
November 2008
Do your homework before buying holiday home
Come across a precautionary article in Guardian today:
“Thousands of holiday homes in the glitzy southern Spanish resort of Marbella have been saved from the bulldozer by an amnesty on illegal buildings in a town whose name has become a byword for corruption on Spain’s costas.
The amnesty comes after 18,000 villas and holiday flats in the [...]
October 2008
Using Google Images to attract guests
Holiday home advertising is quite a competitive area these days. It therefore requires a lot of creativity from your side. Every smallest opportunity should be employed and made work towards the goal of letting your home.
Did you know you can attract visitors to your holiday home site using Google Images? Google Image Search that is. [...]
Choosing domain name for your holiday home
Right! You are a happy owner of a holiday home in a sunny (or not so sunny but nevertheless scenic) place. Congratulations! That was a wise and pleasant investment (if you did your homework well). Now you are looking to rent your place sharing your joy with holidaymakers and generating some income from it. Where [...]
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Do your homework before buying holiday home
Come across a precautionary article in Guardian today:
“Thousands of holiday homes in the glitzy southern Spanish resort of Marbella have been saved from the bulldozer by an amnesty on illegal buildings in a town whose name has become a byword for corruption on Spain’s costas.
The amnesty comes after 18,000 villas and holiday flats in the [...]
Holiday Rental Search Engine
Up for developing another Holiday Rental Search Engine? Here is an executive summary for you, ready for fund raising:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The idea is to create a true Holiday Rental Search Engine, similar to Google but only for holiday rental websites.
Vast numbers of holiday rental owners have personal websites for their properties. The search [...]
Domain name
Choosing domain name for your holiday home
Right! You are a happy owner of a holiday home in a sunny (or not so sunny but nevertheless scenic) place. Congratulations! That was a wise and pleasant investment (if you did your homework well). Now you are looking to rent your place sharing your joy with holidaymakers and generating some income from it. Where [...]
On Holiday Rental Industry
Interesting things going on in the holiday rental industry. After securing a much discussed $250 million funding HomeAway has at last redesigned its set of aesthetically awful websites. Now they indeed look far better and more professional. As a result of its aggressive acquisition strategy, HomeAway has taken up just about every major player in [...]
Number One in Google
HolidayHomeAdvertising.co.uk is number one in Google.co.uk for “holiday home advertising” search phrase. Among usual affecting things (such as unique highly relevant content and backlinks) the proper domain name showed to be the deciding factor.
Holiday Rental Search Engine
Up for developing another Holiday Rental Search Engine? Here is an executive summary for you, ready for fund raising:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The idea is to create a true Holiday Rental Search Engine, similar to Google but only for holiday rental websites.
Vast numbers of holiday rental owners have personal websites for their properties. The search [...]
News
Do your homework before buying holiday home
Come across a precautionary article in Guardian today:
“Thousands of holiday homes in the glitzy southern Spanish resort of Marbella have been saved from the bulldozer by an amnesty on illegal buildings in a town whose name has become a byword for corruption on Spain’s costas.
The amnesty comes after 18,000 villas and holiday flats in the [...]
On Holiday Rental Industry
Interesting things going on in the holiday rental industry. After securing a much discussed $250 million funding HomeAway has at last redesigned its set of aesthetically awful websites. Now they indeed look far better and more professional. As a result of its aggressive acquisition strategy, HomeAway has taken up just about every major player in [...]
HomeAway continues consolidation
Yesterday HomeAway announced acquisition of Homelidays.com, a well-known player on European rental listing scene. Value of the deal wasn’t disclosed. Thus HomeAway continues consolidation of the holiday rental market. What does it mean to a holiday home owner? Well, it may mean a few things:
Losing diversity. Lack of choice of good listing sites may lead [...]
Holiday Rental Search Engine
Up for developing another Holiday Rental Search Engine? Here is an executive summary for you, ready for fund raising:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The idea is to create a true Holiday Rental Search Engine, similar to Google but only for holiday rental websites.
Vast numbers of holiday rental owners have personal websites for their properties. The search [...]
Holiday Rental Directory
Without a doubt internet nowdays is one of the most effective mediums for holiday home advertising. There is plenty of rental listing sites where you can list your property for a fee or sometimes even for free. Not all of them will be effective for your particular property however. Currently I believe into location-specific rental [...]
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Do your homework before buying holiday home
Come across a precautionary article in Guardian today:
“Thousands of holiday homes in the glitzy southern Spanish resort of Marbella have been saved from the bulldozer by an amnesty on illegal buildings in a town whose name has become a byword for corruption on Spain’s costas.
The amnesty comes after 18,000 villas and holiday flats in the [...]
On Holiday Rental Industry
Interesting things going on in the holiday rental industry. After securing a much discussed $250 million funding HomeAway has at last redesigned its set of aesthetically awful websites. Now they indeed look far better and more professional. As a result of its aggressive acquisition strategy, HomeAway has taken up just about every major player in [...]
HomeAway continues consolidation
Yesterday HomeAway announced acquisition of Homelidays.com, a well-known player on European rental listing scene. Value of the deal wasn’t disclosed. Thus HomeAway continues consolidation of the holiday rental market. What does it mean to a holiday home owner? Well, it may mean a few things:
Losing diversity. Lack of choice of good listing sites may lead [...]
Holiday Rental Search Engine
Up for developing another Holiday Rental Search Engine? Here is an executive summary for you, ready for fund raising:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The idea is to create a true Holiday Rental Search Engine, similar to Google but only for holiday rental websites.
Vast numbers of holiday rental owners have personal websites for their properties. The search [...]
Website tips
Using Google Images to attract guests
Holiday home advertising is quite a competitive area these days. It therefore requires a lot of creativity from your side. Every smallest opportunity should be employed and made work towards the goal of letting your home.
Did you know you can attract visitors to your holiday home site using Google Images? Google Image Search that is. [...]
Number One in Google
HolidayHomeAdvertising.co.uk is number one in Google.co.uk for “holiday home advertising” search phrase. Among usual affecting things (such as unique highly relevant content and backlinks) the proper domain name showed to be the deciding factor.
Holiday Rental Search Engine
Up for developing another Holiday Rental Search Engine? Here is an executive summary for you, ready for fund raising:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The idea is to create a true Holiday Rental Search Engine, similar to Google but only for holiday rental websites.
Vast numbers of holiday rental owners have personal websites for their properties. The search [...]
Holiday Rental Directory
Without a doubt internet nowdays is one of the most effective mediums for holiday home advertising. There is plenty of rental listing sites where you can list your property for a fee or sometimes even for free. Not all of them will be effective for your particular property however. Currently I believe into location-specific rental [...]
