Uptake Vacation Search: Beta Launch

UpTake is created so you can sit in that beach chair above, having a great vacation, confident you made the very best decisions you could with your scarce time and dollars! A brief screencast giving a demo of the UpTake travel search site.

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Kango: Semantic search for travel

Kango, launching in private beta today, is yet another travel recommendation site. This one's special sauce is its "understanding" of the travel lingo, so it can turn out better advice for you.

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Get to know about Chinese Blogosphere

" Young and cute faces are still the weapons." Financial Time Chinese columnist Wei Cheng looked into the Chinese blogosphere and revealed some secret weapons to get better blog ranking. Neuron from Yeeyan translated into English.

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Former Head of Yahoo Travel talks about the state of internet travel

Yen: I’ve been in online travel for the last 10+ years, most recently as General Manager of Travel at Yahoo! (with the Search Division). While there, it became clear that travelers were not getting the help they needed from to make informed travel planning decisions... But, if consumers had not decided on a plan, it was a slog.

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Preview of New Travel Search Engine Kango.com

After TechCrunch's review on the new travel search start-up kango.com, global tourism and hotel marketing strategist, Jens Thraenhart, had an interview with Kango founder Yen Lee. Read the full report to get a closer look at the product...

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A review about Kango by People Search Digest

Do you need to plan a vacation? Or maybe you’ve been debating taking one, but need the extra push. Kango, an “almost alpha” personalized travel site, could be just the reason you’ve been looking for. Whether it’s a romantic getaway or a family trip, Kango has you covered.

Until now, Kango has been flying (or jumping?) under the radar. Travelers hardly need another travel site to choose from, as there are already so many out there. What’s great though is Kango not only recognizes this fact, but even echoes this sentiment - going so far as to admit to site visitors that if you already know exactly what you want to book, then sites like Expedia and Orbit would probably be better suited for you. Or, if you have a range of options, but are searching for the lowest prices then you will want to try FareCast or SideStep. However, if you want options upon options then Kango is your one-stop-shop. It brings together more than a thousand sites, 400,000 lodgings, activity destinations, and 18 million reviews, ratings and blogs from all over the web so you can find everything you need in one place...

Read the full text here: http://peoplesearchdigest.com/travel-search/kango

Al Gore - 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner - Eye Witness Report

Al Gore gave his first public speech as a Nobel Peace Prize recipient in Palo Alto, CA, this morning (10/12/07). A trio of Kango bloggers give you an eye witness report of the press extravaganza surrounding the former Vice President.



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Big Sur, California 2005

Golden Gate Bridge, A Must See in San Francisco

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