Copperhead
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Have you searched bbonline lately? Not just looking at your listing but searching for a b&b?
They now have google sponsored ads on the city pages, that look very simular to the B&B listings. Not just the banners at the top - which could also distract people from the site.
Some of these ads will be for areas on the other side of the country but I also found some that had a sponsored ad in cities near by. These ads may rotate (most of them do) so you can not be for certain what ad will appear on your city's listing.
Here is an example: Did a search for Helen GA - Ads appeared: Hotels in Helen GA; Hotels in Dahlonega GA (40 minutes away); and a large ad for a resort in Cabo San Lucas, then there was the banner for Timesh ares by owner .com
I clicked a link and it left bbonline.... not good! NO new window, left the site! We as small business owners we even know not to do this!!!!
When I did used the back button on my browser, the ads did change but still for cities very close by... The banner changed to - price line dot com - of all places! And the large ad at the bottom was for a hotel in Helen GA..... One thing that did not change in this large ad (appears at the bottom of the page) was the picture. I sure as heck do not think that the Eco no Lodge would look like the resort in Cabo San Lucas, and I was fairly certain the house shown was not the resort in the first place.
They now have google sponsored ads on the city pages, that look very simular to the B&B listings. Not just the banners at the top - which could also distract people from the site.
Some of these ads will be for areas on the other side of the country but I also found some that had a sponsored ad in cities near by. These ads may rotate (most of them do) so you can not be for certain what ad will appear on your city's listing.
Here is an example: Did a search for Helen GA - Ads appeared: Hotels in Helen GA; Hotels in Dahlonega GA (40 minutes away); and a large ad for a resort in Cabo San Lucas, then there was the banner for Timesh ares by owner .com
I clicked a link and it left bbonline.... not good! NO new window, left the site! We as small business owners we even know not to do this!!!!
When I did used the back button on my browser, the ads did change but still for cities very close by... The banner changed to - price line dot com - of all places! And the large ad at the bottom was for a hotel in Helen GA..... One thing that did not change in this large ad (appears at the bottom of the page) was the picture. I sure as heck do not think that the Eco no Lodge would look like the resort in Cabo San Lucas, and I was fairly certain the house shown was not the resort in the first place.