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  1. swirt

    Tips for Taking Pi ctures of Your Inn

    I just added the feed from http://suiteexchange.com to our Blogs to Innspire listing. New posts will show up there on a daily basis. ;)
  2. swirt

    Analytics and Stats

    Prettier reports (more user friendly) Less noise (more well-defined data) goals funnel visualization integration across facebook, twitter and other social stuff integration with adwords tracking of outbound links (if you set them up) tracking of other domains (useful...
  3. swirt

    Analytics and Stats

    Analytics would be useful if you were ever: in the market to sell your B&B and need to demonstrate the effectiveness of your website. trying to compare one marketing technique to another (directory to directory, directory to print, directory to print ...) trying to evaluate time...
  4. swirt

    She got the call...

    Really sorry to hear the sad news Copperhead.
  5. swirt

    What Makes Someone Leave a Website?

    Largely, the "keep it fresh" for SEO in our business is over-repeated hype. It just does not hold true. A blog does help but mainly because it results in more content (more hooks in the water with greater variety) than it does for "fresh content". If you have a healthy dose of quality...
  6. swirt

    These are the coolest idea!

    Two of the images for this on amazon indicate that it can be used with just a pull (no need to hold it down) AND that it can serve up tissues as well as toilet paper.
  7. swirt

    State of the American Traveler Survey (Winter Edition)

    New Research Reveals Group Discount Sites are Impacting Travel Planning[/h2] This is a pretty robust survey -> report from Miles Media The link to the summary: for the State of the American Traveler. The full version(pdf) is the link in the 4th paragraph of the summary.
  8. swirt

    New Kindle B&B book!

    WIPE YOUR FEET PLEASE!!! A diary of a B&B guesthouse (Diaries of a Bed and Breakfast in Paignton, England)
  9. swirt

    Moonicorn reservation system

    Sandy, Thanks for coming on Justin's behalf. I just went to try a booking at your inn, because I was interested in seeing the visitor's interface, and no matter what set of dates I pick in February or March, I get "unknown error". Does this occur often, or is it a one time thing? Many...
  10. swirt

    Forum?

    Forums sound like a great thing ... set it and forget it, it will manage itself right? FALSE. It takes a lot of work all the way around. (spam, keeping activity up, security updates....)
  11. swirt

    Grammy Award Winner Guest!

    Only if you want to give the rest of the world the impression that the innkeepers are nosy and likely to air details of your stay ;)
  12. swirt

    Google Analytics & Bounce-ing

    IF your outgoing link to your reservation system is set up correctly (from the Analytics standpoint) it should be logged in analytics and should not look like a bounce, if they click on it immediately after landing on one of your pages.
  13. swirt

    oh my gosh! I need some insite here

    Did you get reservations from all over the world during that time? - Traffic is not the same as conversions... often especially during a spike like that. If your analytics tells you they were from all over the world, it should also be able to tell you whether they were from search (organic or...
  14. swirt

    how do you price your b&b, when putting it up for sale?

    We were a seasonal 3 room that actually did generate income (when not balanced against a mortgage) and none of the dedicated B&B realtors would even take us on as clients. They didn't look at anything less than 6 rooms unless they were SUPER high end and returned salary generating profits. We...
  15. swirt

    emailing offline?

    I just fixed the contact forms so they are no longer throwing the error. You should be able to use them now.
  16. swirt

    How to make your website tablet friendly

    The problem with dropdown menus is that they often only function on "hover" there is no hover on a tablet or phone, only a tap/click or a drag. Some menus are good enough to provide the dropdown on hover AND click.
  17. swirt

    Thank you for this forum

    I have said it many times, but will use a different analogy this time. It is not the walls or the furnishings that make a house a home. It is the kindred spirits that dwell within it. Thank you ALL for being the kindred spirits that give this place LIFE and keep it bubbling with information...
  18. swirt

    How to Join?

    Thanks Cherry64 I've set up an account and had the site send your friend an email with login details.
  19. swirt

    Spam Holiday on Innspiring

    In the past 2 days we have been swamped by pre-holiday spam and many many accounts created only for the purpose of swamping us with more spam within a few days. To give everyone, including our moderators, a reprieve I have temporarilly turned off new registrations I'll turn them back on after...
  20. swirt

    Google algorithm changes - 'Fresher content'

    How does the algo change handle repetitive posts across hundreds of user contribution networks? Pretty much like they always have.... weight = 0 You are treading a thin line here with these kind of posts.
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