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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlizzardInternetMarketing/Travel-Stats/~4/lcxTfkrHTII" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.blizzardinternet.com/5925/branding-and-adwords/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.blizzardinternet.com/5925/branding-and-adwords/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Rich Snippets Get You More Clicks</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlizzardInternetMarketing/Travel-Stats/~3/7IApsx2EJjE/</link><category>Consumer Behavior</category><category>Reviews</category><category>SEO</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">1BlizzAdministrator</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:34:59 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blizzardinternet.com/?p=5466</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[There is even more data appearing that reinforces one of Blizzard&#8217;s opinions: Ranking is nice, but HOW you look when you rank is very important. A new eye-tracking and click-tracking study from...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlizzardInternetMarketing/Travel-Stats/~4/7IApsx2EJjE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.blizzardinternet.com/5466/rich-snippets-get-you-more-clicks/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.blizzardinternet.com/5466/rich-snippets-get-you-more-clicks/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>5 stages of travel according to Google – research, data and stats</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlizzardInternetMarketing/Travel-Stats/~3/LEKSHbsFsDM/</link><category>2011</category><category>Consumer Behavior</category><category>Mobile</category><category>Reviews</category><category>Travel</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">1BlizzAdministrator</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:26:37 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blizzardinternet.com/?p=5463</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Google reports in its 5 stages of travel: More than 87% of travelers expect to take the same or more number of personal or business trips in 2011 versus years past. This outlook is positive, and with...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlizzardInternetMarketing/Travel-Stats/~4/LEKSHbsFsDM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.blizzardinternet.com/5463/5-stages-of-travel/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.blizzardinternet.com/5463/5-stages-of-travel/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Travel Stats from Google’s new thinkinsights</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlizzardInternetMarketing/Travel-Stats/~3/8fHw2za5bNY/</link><category>2011</category><category>Consumer Behavior</category><category>Hotel</category><category>Local</category><category>Mobile</category><category>PPC</category><category>Reviews</category><category>SEO</category><category>Social Media</category><category>Travel</category><category>Usability</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">1BlizzAdministrator</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:12:19 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blizzardinternet.com/?p=5459</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Google has a new portal for users to discover interesting stats: thinginsights I discovered this there: 62% of personal travelers use search engines as the number one source for travel information....<br/>
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