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Quantum Search: Get Your Website Ready for Next-Gen SEO

Colleen Miele | Marketing | April 14, 2026March 16, 2026

This blog is heavy with science-fiction-sounding phrases — but they all represent our reality in the not-so-distant future. To help keep your website findable today and years from now, we’re breaking down everything you need to know about quantum search, which is being hailed as the next generation of SEO. Don’t worry, we’re writing this straight-talking overview for marketers, not developers.

Understanding How AI Can Put Your Destination on the Map

Colleen Miele | Trends | March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

At this point, everyone has a relationship with AI. Even if you’ve never tapped into ChatGPT or Gemini, you’ve been served AI results in a regular Google search. With the tech moving faster than the speed of sound, we thought this would be a good time to define some of the acronyms and language being tossed around as well as uncover opportunities AI presents for destinations.

Real Estate SEO Tips

Lynn Kaniper | Search | January 14, 2016November 13, 2018

In recent years, the Internet has increasingly become the go-to source for house hunters—in 2014, 53% of potential buyers started the process by searching online, according to “The Digital House Hunt”. Once they do the groundwork online, they take the step of contacting an agent. SEO Basics The most important rules for optimizing a real […]

SEO Tips for Restaurants

Lynn Kaniper | Search | October 28, 2015November 13, 2018

Search engine optimization (SEO) is all about helping potential customers find your business by creating brand awareness, while driving site traffic and sales. This is especially true for the restaurant industry. Following are some basic SEO tips for restaurants that can help you get the most out of your website. Understand How Diners Search People […]

Blogging For Hotels

Lynn Kaniper | Search | June 2, 2015November 7, 2018

Hotel and resort clients often ask us if their website should include a blog. As you might suspect, our answer is “it depends.” The downside is pretty easy to lay out. Like any marketing initiative, blogging requires an investment of time and money. On the upside, blogging gives you another kind of social media presence […]

Google’s Responsive Design Directive: April 21, 2015

Lynn Kaniper | Search | April 23, 2015March 6, 2018

Web developers and SEOs often lament the idea that Google is “only in it for the money.” While this is certainly true of most companies, it doesn’t change the fact that many of the changes pushed by Google are good—good for business, good for search results and good for Internet users. Most of all, these […]

Tips for Better Content Writing

Liz Smith | Search | December 10, 2013March 6, 2018

“Nobody reads anymore.” Quite possibly, the three most offensive words ever uttered to a professional writer. My friend, a high school English teacher, hears a similar line. “There’s no point to learning how to read and write the ‘old-fashioned’ way,” her students swear. “We understand Textese perfectly.” Textese. Textspeak. SMS language. You know, that pervasive […]

AdWords Express vs. AdWords

Ashley Kovacs | Search | October 15, 2013March 6, 2018

The time is nearing when SEO pros and marketers may be forced to employ paid search campaigns to replace the keyword data that used to come from organic traffic. SEO guidance from organic traffic is coming to a standstill with the dramatic increase in keyword data that is now categorized as “(not provided).” While Google […]

Google Engage All-Stars 2013: Top Takeaways

Lynn Kaniper | Search | August 27, 2013November 12, 2018

On August 13 and 14 of this year, Google hosted its second annual Google Engage Summit at the company’s headquarters on the Mountain View campus in Silicon Valley. Attendance was fully sponsored by Google, and 100 “All-Star” agencies were selected from 14,000 companies worldwide to participate in the conference. Dana Communications was among those selected. […]