http://verticalsearch.net Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:11:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seems like vertical search is back to being a hot topic these days. As you probably know, I’m now posting all my non-shopping comparison engine related vertical search stories over at Search Engine Land. At the same time, I’m continuing to run ComparisonEngines and have successfully launched SingleFeed ... http://verticalsearch.net/2007/01/04/verticalsearchnet-for-sale/ Rounding out its travel search offerings, SideStep will soon launch cruise search, powered by CruisesOnly, the premier cruise brand of Boston-based NLG. While I was surprised by this announcement as I think SideStep has a lot of other fish in the frying pan it needs to focus on, Jon ... http://verticalsearch.net/2007/01/04/sidestep-update/ SideStep acquired TravelPost for a combination of cash and stock. TravelPost will become a wholly owned subsidiary of SideStep. According to the press release, “TravelPost.com has grown into a leading source for unbiased user-generated hotel reviews and ratings, travel news, information resources and travel blogs. The company has excelled at ... http://verticalsearch.net/2006/10/31/sidestep-acquires-travelpost/ Update: I’m sure this has to be a mistake, but if you go to ForbesTravler.com and then go to SideStep.com, you still see the Forbes.com branding. If it’s not a mistake, Forbes got some pretty favorable terms…and I’d be very interested to see how long the cookie is set ... http://verticalsearch.net/2006/09/21/sidestep-launches-partnership-program-flying-high-with-forbes/ A couple weeks ago, I made a call for guest commentary on the changing travel industry landscape. I hope this post by Mike Fridgen is just the first in a series of primers on current events shaping the industry. Thanks for working on this, Mike! If you’re ... http://verticalsearch.net/2006/08/22/guest-commentary-by-mike-fridgen-of-farecast-shifting-power-in-the-travel-industry/ Safa Rashtchy’s note today on Google reads like analyst notes I’ve read for the last couple years about the contentious relationship between travel supplers and online travel agents (OTAs)/Global Distribution Systems (GDSs). In my first interview for ComparisonEngines, Brian Barth, the former CEO of SideStep explained “through working with ... http://verticalsearch.net/2006/08/21/google-checkout-the-ota-of-ecommerce/ -The first thing everyone mentioned about Farecast this morning was the nationwide expansion. A secondary point (if it was even mentioned) was the addition of RSS feeds for particular city pairs for a particular date (in other words, information on the trip you want to take). This should ... http://verticalsearch.net/2006/08/21/travel-search-farecast/ To me, Michael Arrington’s Tech Crunch is all about Web 2.0…whatever Web 2.0 means…seems to change by the hour (although I like how Gartner recently ‘defined’ it). Anyways, I was surprised to find out that both Farecast and Mobissimo are sponsoring the TechCrunch August Capital Party this Friday (bidding for remaining ... http://verticalsearch.net/2006/08/16/travel-search-at-techcrunch-party/ Airlines cut supply. Demand remains strong. Airlines increase fees. Airlines make profit. What a concept! Been busy starting up my new business. About ready to launch. Then I’ll be back. http://verticalsearch.net/2006/07/31/airlines-in-the-black/ With Sabre’s Q2 2006 earnings call scheduled for Thursday, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in writing a guest post on the DCA-3 agreements, the recent spate of announcements by the airlines about the $3.50 booking fee, the content airlines will provide to each distribution network, reduced GDS ... http://verticalsearch.net/2006/07/31/guest-post-on-state-of-airline-industry/