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Welcome to
the fourteenth edition of OZ-b&b News!
We would like to take this
opportunity to wish you all a VERY Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year.
Based on the number of
bookings so far in December via the site, you all seem to be
quite busy! OZbedandbreakfast.com has handled over 140 bookings and
requests in the first two weeks of the month!
In this
issue:
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See Australia competition -
OZbedandbreakfast.com
teams up again
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What's up with Google?!!
- The shake up that shook the search engine world
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Link to us
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We would love a link from you
to us!
Thanks
again for your continued support throughout 2003 as we continue towards being Australia's most
comprehensive Bed and Breakfast directory.
Have a safe and happy holiday
season...
Enjoy...
Chris Peck
- Director
OZbedandbreakfast.com
& See
Australia getaway |
With summer on our minds, and warm weather ahead, it is
time to start looking at some summer getaways! It isn't easy to decide
where to go for your annual Christmas season holiday. A bit of fishing
in Tasmania? Maybe some golfing on the Gold Coast? What about some
relaxation on the beaches of Byron Bay, NSW?
These are just a few of the amazing getaways you can find on
OZbedandbreakfast.com. Where would you rather B&B? Click away for your
perfect getaway...
Win your perfect Getaway!
To help you experience a fantastic summer break, we
have a wonderful prize this month thanks in association with
See Australia. How does a
weekend away at one of our member properties around Australia sound to
you? Just click on the link below and answer one simple question and a
fabulous weekend package at a destination of your choice could be
yours.*
With over 1200 bed and breakfast, guest house, cottage
and farm stay properties, OZbedandbreakfast.com displays accommodation
that suits every taste and budget. The fresh layout and design allows
you to easily search for B&B-style accommodation based on city, town,
state, suburb, tourist region or, specifically, the B&B name. No matter
what sort of weekend escape you are searching for - whether it be a
lighthouse on the cape, a rural retreat, a groovy inner city pad or a
beach house overlooking pristine white sands - you will find it all at
OZbedandbreakfast.com. Click away for your perfect getaway...
So click your way to the perfect prize at
http://www.ozbedandbreakfast.com/Promo/seeaustralia.htm
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What happened to my listing with
Google?! |
Google
recently made far-reaching changes to the way it ranks search results,
and the search marketing community has been abuzz with tales of woe ever
since. Some have speculated that the key to understanding Google's
latest is that they've applied some sort of test of "commerciality" to
certain phrases, roiling the waters for sites ranked well on those
phrases, and leaving non-commercial phrases more or less alone. The idea
is that this would cause a stampede of site owners over to the paid
AdWords program, or at least making the point that Google isn't up for
providing a free lunch to clever "SEO-ized" sites indefinitely.
So is this just a theory? Or has Google composed a hit list of terms
that are commercially valuable, and changed the way it ranks sites on
those terms?
Click
Here to Read the Full Article
Google Apologizes. There's been a lot of
anger and frustration since the Florida Updates. Apparently, Google
understands the fact that people's businesses rely on Google results.
Craig Nevill-Manning, Google's Senior Research Scientist, said, for what
it's worth, "I apologize for the roller coaster. We're aware that
changes in the algorithm affect people's livelihoods. We don't make
changes lightly." Well, at least that's good to know.
Information courtesy of
WebPro News
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Link request |
As stated in an earlier
email last month to our members, OZbedandbreakfast will once again be
providing our services to our B&B owners without an annual membership.
We work hard for sponsorships and affiliate programs to be able to do
this.
One
thing we do rely on is traffic to our site. We thought you might
like to help us out in this regard. We simply ask you to add a
link to OZbedandbreakfast.com from your B&B website. The following
details can be added:
OZbedandbreakfast.com -
Find and
book Bed & Breakfast, Guest House and Farm Stay
properties covering all of Australia.
Where would you rather B&B?
Click away for your perfect
getaway...
Alternatively, you can just cut and paste the following HTML into your
website at the desired place:
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a
href="http://www.ozbedandbreakfast.com">
OZbedandbreakfast.com </a>
Find and book Bed & Breakfast, Guest House and
Farm Stay properties covering all of
Australia. Where would you rather B&B?
Click away for your
perfect getaway...
We
would be most appreciative if you could provide us with a link.
Let us know if you do so we can give you a BIG thanks. |
All the
best from your OZbedandbreakfast.com Team...
http://www.ozbedandbreakfast.com |