Comments on: Presenting the Case for Hotel Meta-Search http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/ Musings, rants and shout-outs about hotels, hotel deals, hotel reviews, travel, tourism and travel 2.0 from VibeAgent. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:09:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Siddiq http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/#comment-11601 Siddiq Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:59:32 +0000 http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/#comment-11601 Interesting stuff... but is it really a meta search if its only 20 sites? Should a true meta-search span the entire universe of sites? I keep thinking that the meta search sites will become infinitely recursive, with meta engines searching other meta engines in a huge loop. Interesting stuff… but is it really a meta search if its only 20 sites? Should a true meta-search span the entire universe of sites? I keep thinking that the meta search sites will become infinitely recursive, with meta engines searching other meta engines in a huge loop.

]]> By: Adam Healey http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/#comment-11651 Adam Healey Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:04:46 +0000 http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/#comment-11651 Siddiq, Thanks for your comment. In order for our site to be FAST, we develop business relationships with each site we search, and then connect our servers to their servers using XML APIs. This is opposed to the screen scraping that a lot of other sites do, which is much slower, less accurate, and also can irritate the owners of the site being scraped, as they slow down the site's performance. We currently have relationships with over 20 sites, but this number is growing every week. We have a backlog of partners to integrate, and we'll continue to add partners that provide either unique inventory, extraordinary price points, or a well-respected brand name so that we maximize the value to our customers. Siddiq,

Thanks for your comment.

In order for our site to be FAST, we develop business relationships with each site we search, and then connect our servers to their servers using XML APIs. This is opposed to the screen scraping that a lot of other sites do, which is much slower, less accurate, and also can irritate the owners of the site being scraped, as they slow down the site’s performance.

We currently have relationships with over 20 sites, but this number is growing every week. We have a backlog of partners to integrate, and we’ll continue to add partners that provide either unique inventory, extraordinary price points, or a well-respected brand name so that we maximize the value to our customers.

]]> By: rss blog » Blog Archive » Hotel Meta-Search to everyday traveler. Great post from Adam Healey (VibeAgent CEO) http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/#comment-12951 rss blog » Blog Archive » Hotel Meta-Search to everyday traveler. Great post from Adam Healey (VibeAgent CEO) Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:48:36 +0000 http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/#comment-12951 [...] a very pedagogic post from Adam Healey (VibeAgent CEO) who tried to do a comprehensive overview of the benefits of meta-search for the [...] […] a very pedagogic post from Adam Healey (VibeAgent CEO) who tried to do a comprehensive overview of the benefits of meta-search for the […]

]]> By: Erika Hammond http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/#comment-13801 Erika Hammond Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:38:20 +0000 http://www.vibeagent.com/blog/2008/06/27/presenting-the-case-for-hotel-meta-search/#comment-13801 Seems pretty nice in theory, but I went ahead and checked versus my favorite site Expedia and they are almost always cheaper. So why are you guys showing some other site at a higher rate. Not really serving up the best price for me, even after you say you are going to every site. Doesn't seem like you are pulling recent, accurate info. I am sticking w/ Expedia!! Seems pretty nice in theory, but I went ahead and checked versus my favorite site Expedia and they are almost always cheaper. So why are you guys showing some other site at a higher rate. Not really serving up the best price for me, even after you say you are going to every site. Doesn’t seem like you are pulling recent, accurate info.
I am sticking w/ Expedia!!

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