Google recently launched a filtering update to their desktop hotel search landing page that provides a more detailed experience for the user. These changes appear when the user selects “More hotels” under the local three pack that appears in the localuniversal landing. When users click a hotel in the local three pack, they are then taken directly to the pop...
It looks like Google is at it again, this time quietly releasing some exciting new hotel search features. If you haven’t noticed yet, Google’s local 3 pack got a bit of a face lift in the last few days. A new filter "More" has been introduced, which currently allows users to filter by "Zagat Rated" hotels. If you are not familiar...
Recently, we’ve talked a lot about the shift in traffic from Hotel Finder to Local Universal, and how we expect to see Hotel Ads become increasingly integrated into the normal SERPs. Along with that shift, we’re seeing the results in the Local Universal 3-pack become much more keyword aware. Previously, the ranking between hotels (not the ads) were much less dynamic. In...