Comments on: AOL Goes For Travel http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/11/aol_goes_for_travel.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aol_goes_for_travel Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Yoki http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/11/aol_goes_for_travel.php#comment-22584 Yoki Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:26:19 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/11/aol_goes_for_travel.php#comment-22584 <p>Good stuff - kayak.com had me worried (being in the same industry and all) now that AOL are involved it's safe to say that they'll screw it up somehow. :) </p> Good stuff – kayak.com had me worried (being in the same industry and all) now that AOL are involved it’s safe to say that they’ll screw it up somehow. :)

]]> By: Brian Turner http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/11/aol_goes_for_travel.php#comment-22583 Brian Turner Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:39:50 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2004/11/aol_goes_for_travel.php#comment-22583 <p>Seems like AOL are doing some strategic re-organisation, as per the BBC news atricle ehre:</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3998287.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3998287.stm</a></p> <p>A travel engine could be lucrative, but AOL need to do something about their brand in the face of general webmaster criticisms. Otherwise any new venture being seen to a highly "sanitised" version of travel - ie, "Search for holiday deals that make you *think* you're in Greece, without ever having to physically be there..." ;)<br /> </p> Seems like AOL are doing some strategic re-organisation, as per the BBC news atricle ehre:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3998287.stm

A travel engine could be lucrative, but AOL need to do something about their brand in the face of general webmaster criticisms. Otherwise any new venture being seen to a highly “sanitised” version of travel – ie, “Search for holiday deals that make you *think* you’re in Greece, without ever having to physically be there…” ;)

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