But this isn't the case with everyone. My friends are listed on bandb.com but they don't show these links with their TA listing.
I wonder if it is related to the property name. I have seen several times where if people are inconsistent with their property name then sometims connections between different sources don't get made.
Example:
on Google local they used "XYZ House B&B" but on TripAdvisor they used "XYZhouse Bed and Breakfast" so Google didn't make the connection that these two were the same property so the TA reviews didn't get pulled into Google. Once they made both property names the same, the two items connected.
It is possible the same thing happened. Perhaps the name on bandb.com is not exactly the same on Trip Advisor so the two items are not connected.
With this new form of interconnected web resources it is more crucial than ever to remain consistent in the use of the inn's name..
swirt said:
But this isn't the case with everyone. My friends are listed on bandb.com but they don't show these links with their TA listing.
I wonder if it is related to the property name. I have seen several times where if people are inconsistent with their property name then sometims connections between different sources don't get made.
Example:
on Google local they used "XYZ House B&B" but on TripAdvisor they used "XYZhouse Bed and Breakfast" so Google didn't make the connection that these two were the same property so the TA reviews didn't get pulled into Google. Once they made both property names the same, the two items connected.
It is possible the same thing happened. Perhaps the name on bandb.com is not exactly the same on Trip Advisor so the two items are not connected.
With this new form of interconnected web resources it is more crucial than ever to remain consistent in the use of the inn's name.
My listing is exactly the same name on both places. Originally, when this was first noticed, my B&B also had links back to bandb.com from TA, now it does not. For my town, the only B&B's with the links from TA to bandb are the ones who have done Expedia in the past, even if they are not doing it now.
Not all of the B&B's are on Webervations, nor do they have the same level on bandb.
The only connection I can make, looking only at my town, is the Expedia list. But catlady is saying that is not true for her friends. Then again, when is ANYTHING consistent online? Remember a few weeks ago when Google local only showed 3 B&B's for my town? Now it's back to 10.
How about reviews? Does one place have reviews on bandb and the other place doesn't?
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