Sector Report Issue 9
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Sector Report Issue 9
Sector Report February 2011 A 360˚ analysis of the most important search terms, trends and benchmarking data for holiday providers. This report provides an exclusive snapshot of the online search and social media market for your sector right now. From the size of your potential audience to the top performing companies, it’s all here. Product focus: generic keywords, short haul and long haul destinations. Issue 9 Holidays The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Conten ts 2 Executive Summary 3 Total audience size 4 Keyword breakdown 5 Natural search: which websites were most visible in February? 7 Natural search: generic keywords 8 Natural search: short haul holidays 9 Natural search: long haul holidays 10 Paid search: which advertisers were most visible in February? 12 Paid search: ad copy analysis 13 Paid search: generic keywords 14 Paid search: short haul holidays 15 Paid search: long haul holidays 16 Paid search bidding strategies 18 Integrated search: which websites/advertisers performed well? 20 Social media: which brands interacted well? Executive Summary This latest report profiles search behaviour in the holidays sector. It analyses which brands, retailers and review sites were the most visible in both natural and paid search results (and thus had the greatest share of consideration) when UK consumers searched for holidays on Google. The report also assesses which brands interacted well on social media networks. In our analysis we established that: In February, both the search terms ‘cheap holidays’ and ‘holidays’ were collectively searched for 900,000 times, which cumulatively accounted for 28% of all searches made for holidays. As a subsector, generic keywords accounted for 61% of all searches made for holidays online. Thomson remained the most visible website in the natural search listings, increasing its visibility by 9% since November. By contrast, LastMinute dropped in the natural search rankings for both the generic and long haul holiday subsectors and, overall, its share of voice decreased by 13%. IceLolly was the most visible advertiser in the paid search space, achieving 51% visibility. DirectHolidays saw its share of voice decrease by 25% and hence it dropped from second to ninth place in Greenlight’s paid search league table. TravelRepublic cumulatively had the highest number of followers in our social media table (51,000), the majority of which were fans of its Facebook account. Of all the brands analysed in our social media table, DirectHolidays was the only brand which did not have a Twitter account and therefore missed out on being able to communicate with the massive pool of consumers using Twitter. Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Total audience size (3.1 million searches — February 2011) Approximately how many searches were performed in February using holiday‑related terms? In February, there were 3.1 million searches made for holiday‑related JulyWe have considered every search term and aggregated the number of times each one was used in December, January and February to give an indication of the number of searches. keywords, which was a considerable increase in queries since our November sector report, when 1.2 million searches were performed. Total number of holiday-related searches As was predicted in our 5,000,000 December 4,000,000 January 3,000,000 February November report, searches increased in Q1 2011 as consumers looked to book their holidays well in advance of the summer holidays. 2,000,000 Generic search terms remained 1,000,000 the most popular subsector 0 for holiday keywords. Searches increased in February by 192%, 1 00 1, 000, 0 00 000 0 compared with November when 667,000 searches were made. Number of searches by type (February 2011) 1500000 Although the number of searches 2000000 for long haul destination keywords Short haul destinations 514,648 | 16% increased, the subsector saw an 2500000 11% decrease in the overall share of the search market since our November report. In the 12-month period prior to February 2011, the number of Generic keywords 1,947,051 | 61% Long haul destinations 733,715 | 23% visits abroad by UK residents fell by 5%. Source: Office for National Statistics (April 2011) 3 www.greenlightsearch.com | T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 Share: The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Keyword breakdown Which were the most queried holiday-related search terms? The keywords ‘cheap holidays’ We initially analysed 3,200 keywords for this exercise, which cumulatively totalled 3.1 million searches in February 2011. Here we looked at which individual terms and geographic regions were searched for the most. and ‘holidays’ increased in search volume by 233% apiece, compared with November, when each keyword was searched for 135,000 times. Keyword breakdown (February 2011) Cheap holidays 450,000 | 14% Interestingly, there were a number of the top keywords which related to package holidays, suggesting that many UK consumers were Holidays 450,000 | 14% looking to purchase these types of trips in February. Other keywords 1,558,392 | 49% Direct holidays 201,000 | 6% Last minute holidays 201,000 | 6% All inclusive holidays 90,500 | 3% Holiday Sun holidays 49,500 | 2% 40,500 | 1% Portland holidays Package holidays 49,500 | 2% 40,500 | 1% Ski holidays 49,500 | 2% The search market for holidays in Europe increased by 10%, with searches totalling over 514,000, in comparison to November when there were only 191,000 queries. Number of searches by geographic region (February 2011) 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 Europe | 514,648 | 41% North America | 223,782 | 18% Africa | 161,281 | 13% 100,000 Caribbean & South America | 146,990 | 12% Far East & Australasia | 127,633 | 10% 0 100,000 Share: Middle East & South Asia | 74,029 | 6% Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 4 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Natural Search Which sites were most visible in February? Given that UK web users conducted 3.1 million searches for worldwide holidays in February 2011, which brands were best positioned on page one of Google natural search and therefore most likely to gain the searcher’s consideration? Thomson was the most visible website in natural search as it achieved a 64% share of voice. We have determined the best positioned and hence most visible websites in this sector based on the volumes for each keyword and their respective ranking for those terms on page one of Google. These websites have been scored in the league table below, which represents visibility to a total of 3.1 million searches in February. Although its visibility increased by 9% in February, it ranked for 16 fewer keywords (200 overall) compared with our previous sector report. The top 60 most visible holiday websites in natural search TravelSupermarket remained in No. Domain Reached volume Missed volume Percentage reached 1 thomson.co.uk 2,037,179 1,158,235 64% 2 travelsupermarket.com 1,834,788 1,360,626 57% 3 thomascook.com 1,371,723 2,138,691 43% 4 holidayhypermarket.co.uk 1,324,310 1,871,104 41% 5 firstchoice.co.uk 1,276,637 1,918,777 40% 6 teletextholidays.co.uk 1,197,221 1,998,193 37% Co-operativeTravel was the 7 directline-holidays.co.uk 1,151,772 2,043,642 36% only new entrant into the top 10 8 cooptravel.co.uk 1,126,458 2,068,956 35% (ranking at position nine), having 9 co-operativetravel.co.uk 707,084 2,488,330 22% previously featured at position 17. 10 virginholidays.co.uk 674,656 2,520,758 21% 11 icelolly.com 514,960 2,680,454 16% Since November, IceLolly saw 12 expedia.co.uk 449,035 2,746,379 14% its visibility increase by 8% and 13 mytravel.com 411,514 2,783,900 13% therefore it ascended our league 14 cheapholidays.com 410,985 2,784,429 13% table to position 11 from 19th. 15 lastminute.com 379,890 2,815,524 12% 16 monarch.co.uk 379,312 2,816,102 12% 17 kuoni.co.uk 374,725 2,820,689 12% 18 directholidays.co.uk 305,778 2,889,636 10% 19 britishairways.com 290,992 2,904,422 9% 20 sunshine.co.uk 252,451 2,942,963 8% 21 lowcostholidays.com 235,927 2,959,487 7% 22 letsgo2.com 225,086 2,970,328 7% 23 latedeals.co.uk 208,365 2,987,049 7% 24 beatthebrochure.com 190,486 3,004,928 6% 25 holidays-direct.co.uk 179,298 3,016,116 6% 5 www.greenlightsearch.com | T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 second place in our league table, yet its visibility increased by 14%, which it achieved through ranking at position one for 56 keywords, such as ‘cheap holidays’. Share: The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search The top 60 most visible holiday websites in natural search (contd.) No. Domain Reached volume Missed volume Percentage reached 26 tripadvisor.co.uk 176,001 3,019,413 6% by 9%, thus it ascended our 27 dealchecker.co.uk 158,778 3,036,636 5% league table to position 12, having 28 onthebeach.co.uk 134,524 3,060,890 4% formerly ranked at position 33. 29 ownersdirect.co.uk 132,847 3,062,567 4% 30 allinclusive.co.uk 112,792 3,082,622 4% By comparison, LastMinute lost 31 holidayholiday.co.uk 106,541 3,088,873 3% 13% visibility and dropped in our 32 hayesandjarvis.co.uk 97,239 3,098,175 3% rankings from eighth place to 33 crystalski.co.uk 85,219 3,110,195 3% position 15. 34 thomsonski.co.uk 81,425 3,113,989 3% 35 igluski.com 80,232 3,115,182 3% Of the top 10 websites in our 36 hoteltraveldeals.co.uk 79,075 3,116,339 2% natural search league table, not 37 inghams.co.uk 78,593 3,116,821 2% 38 neilson.co.uk 73,722 3,121,692 2% 39 travelsoon.com 72,497 3,122,917 2% 40 holiday-rentals.co.uk 71,665 3,123,749 2% 41 letsstay.co.uk 70,685 3,124,729 2% 42 packyourbags.com 70,046 3,125,368 2% 43 barrheadtravel.co.uk 69,005 3,126,409 2% 44 ulookubook.com 68,938 3,126,476 2% 45 firstchoice-ski.co.uk 66,407 3,129,007 2% 46 olympicholidays.com 65,758 3,129,656 2% 47 wikipedia.org 64,390 3,131,024 2% 48 arnosmanorhotel.co.uk 63,325 3,132,089 2% 49 itcclassics.co.uk 62,525 3,132,889 2% 50 bestatthailandholidays.co.uk 62,467 3,132,947 2% 51 thesun.co.uk 62,308 3,133,106 2% 52 tropicalsky.co.uk 61,199 3,134,215 2% 53 sovereign.com 60,103 3,135,311 2% 54 travelarcade.co.uk 58,724 3,136,690 2% 55 emberinns.co.uk 58,375 3,137,039 2% 56 holidaydiscountcentre.co.uk 57,373 3,138,041 2% 57 citalia.com 56,304 3,139,110 2% 58 quest2cuba.co.uk 54,259 3,141,155 2% 59 ukholidaysinthesun.co.uk 54,075 3,141,339 2% 60 worldheritagecoast.net 53,811 3,141,603 2% Share: Expedia increased its visibility one achieved lower than a 21% share of voice, indicating the competitive nature of the online holiday industry. There were two new entrants to the top 30, OwnersDirect and AllInclusive, which both achieved a 4% share of voice and ranked at positions 29 and 30, respectively. Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 6 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Natural search: generic holiday keywords Here we looked at generic keywords only (therefore excluding keywords that are destination-specific). Generic keywords accounted for more than 1.9 million searches in February 2011. How did those searches break down? The keywords ‘cheap holidays’ and ‘holidays’ were both searched for 450,000 times in February, Cheap holidays 450,000 | 23% Other keywords 341,451 | 18% which was a notable increase since our November report, when Cheap all inclusive holidays 33,100 | 2% only 135,000 searches were Sun holidays 40,500 | 2% performed for each term. Package holidays 40,500 | 2% Ski holidays 49,500 | 3% TravelSupermarket was the most Holiday 49,500 | 3% visible website, attaining a 66% share of voice through ranking at All inclusive holidays 90,500 | 5% Holidays 450,000 | 23% position one for six terms, such as ‘cheap holidays’. Last minute holidays 201,000 | 10% By comparison, Thomson ranked Direct holidays 201,000 | 10% at position one for the term Which websites were most visible for generic holiday keywords? ‘holidays’, hence it also achieved a high share of voice (62%). No. Domain Reached volume Missed volume Percentage reached 1 travelsupermarket.com 1,277,276 669,775 66% 2 thomson.co.uk 1,193,176 753,875 62% 3 teletextholidays.co.uk 1,192,080 754,970 62% 4 cooptravel.co.uk 1,111,730 835,320 58% 5 thomascook.com 877,821 1,384,230 46% 6 firstchoice.co.uk 814,803 1,132,248 42% 7 holidayhypermarket.co.uk 736,593 1,210,458 38% 8 co-operativetravel.co.uk 561,765 1,385,286 29% its share of voice by 17% and 9 icelolly.com 513,761 1,433,290 27% therefore it entered the top 10, at 10 directline-holidays.co.uk 487,312 1,459,739 25% position eight, having previously 11 mytravel.com 410,829 1,536,222 21% ranked at position 16. 12 cheapholidays.com 386,876 1,560,175 20% 13 expedia.co.uk 357,588 1,589,463 19% 14 lastminute.com 299,573 1,647,478 16% 15 directholidays.co.uk 298,490 1,648,561 15% 16 monarch.co.uk 277,371 1,669,680 14% 17 sunshine.co.uk 244,456 1,702,595 13% 18 virginholidays.co.uk 207,637 1,739,414 11% 19 holidays-direct.co.uk 177,654 1,769,396 9% 20 latedeals.co.uk 170,244 1,776,807 9% 7 www.greenlightsearch.com | T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 However, it attained lower visibility than TravelSupermarket as it only ranked at position one for three additional keywords. Since November, Co‑operativeTravel increased By contrast, since November, MyTravel fell from sixth place to position 11 in our league table as it lost a 15% share of voice. Share: The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Natural search: short haul holiday keywords Searches for short haul destinations (largely within Europe) accounted for more than 514,000 searches in February 2011. How did those searches break down? The terms ‘Cyprus holidays’ and ‘Turkey holidays’ were Cyprus holidays 27,100 | 5% Turkey holidays 27,100 | 5% searched for 27,100 times apiece, cumulatively accounting for 10% Malta holidays 22,200 | 4% of the total search volume. Greece holidays 18,100 | 4% Thomson achieved a dominant Holidays in France 14,800 | 3% 84% visibility through Italy holidays 14,800 | 3% ranking at position one and Spain holidays 14,800 | 3% two for the popular search Ibiza holidays 12,100 | 2% terms, ‘Turkey holidays’ and Lanzarote holidays 12,100 | 2% ‘Cyprus holidays’, respectively. Holidays to Turkey 12,100 | 2% Other keywords 339,448 | 66% Directline-Holidays saw an 11% increase in visibility, compared with our November report. It Which websites were most visible for short haul holiday keywords? ranked at position one for the high volume search terms ‘Spain No. Domain Reached volume Missed volume Percentage reached 1 thomson.co.uk 434,662 79,986 84% 2 directline-holidays.co.uk 351,030 163,618 68% 3 holidayhypermarket.co.uk 294,875 219,773 57% 4 travelsupermarket.com 266,661 247,987 52% 5 firstchoice.co.uk 259,271 255,377 50% 6 thomascook.com 248,509 266,139 48% 7 co-operativetravel.co.uk 100,847 413,801 20% 8 lowcostholidays.com 71,288 443,360 14% league table from third place to 9 beatthebrochure.com 63,610 451,038 12% position five, indicating the fierce 10 tripadvisor.co.uk 61,571 453,077 12% competition for the top short haul 11 expedia.co.uk 49,432 465,216 10% holiday keywords in natural search. 12 britishairways.com 47,630 467,018 9% 13 monarch.co.uk 47,267 467,381 9% 14 olympicholidays.com 46,397 468,251 9% 15 onthebeach.co.uk 44,832 469,816 9% 16 dealchecker.co.uk 41,660 472,988 8% 17 citalia.com 37,899 476,749 7% 18 holiday-rentals.co.uk 34,879 479,769 7% 19 maltadirect.com 34,818 479,830 7% 20 ownersdirect.co.uk 30,616 484,032 6% Share: holidays’ and ‘Lanzarote holidays’, which were searched 14,800 and 12,100 times each in February. By comparison, although FirstChoice increased its visibility by 4%, it descended our There were several new entrants to our league table, such as Expedia and BritishAirways, which ranked at positions 11 and 12, respectively. Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 8 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Natural search: long haul holiday keywords Searches for long haul destinations accounted for more than 733,000 searches in February 2011. How did those searches break down? The keyword ‘Thailand holidays’ attained the highest number of Thailand holidays 33,100 | 5% searches (33,100) in the subsector. Cuba holidays 22,200 | 3% Dubai holidays 22,200 | 3% VirginHolidays remained the Egypt holidays 22,200 | 3% Holidays to Egypt 22,200 | 3% most visible website for long haul Las Vegas holidays 22,200 | 3% Mexico holidays 18,100 | 2% New York holidays 18,100 | 2% Barbados holidays 14,800 | 2% Holidays to New York 12,100 | 2% Holidays to Thailand 12,100 | 2% destination keywords. It achieved 64% visibility through ranking at position one for 259 keywords, such as the most searched for term: ‘Thailand holidays’. Thomson ranked at position one for far fewer keywords (79), yet Other keywords 514,415 | 70% it ranked at position three for popular search terms, such as ‘Egypt holidays’ and ‘Holidays Which websites were most visible for long haul holiday keywords? to Egypt’, which explains why it No. Domain Reached volume Missed volume Percentage reached 1 virginholidays.co.uk 468,520 265,195 64% 2 thomson.co.uk 410,952 322,763 56% 3 directline-holidays.co.uk 315,221 418,494 43% HolidayHypermarket saw its 4 kuoni.co.uk 310,334 423,381 42% visibility increase by 19% and it 5 holidayhypermarket.co.uk 293,865 439,850 40% 6 travelsupermarket.com 291,028 442,687 40% 7 thomascook.com 246,918 486,797 34% 8 britishairways.com 215,326 518,389 29% 9 firstchoice.co.uk 204,276 529,439 28% 10 letsgo2.com 179,922 553,793 25% 11 tripadvisor.co.uk 96,194 637,521 13% 12 dealchecker.co.uk 92,409 641,306 13% 13 beatthebrochure.com 66,484 667,231 9% 14 hayesandjarvis.co.uk 65,909 667,806 9% 15 monarch.co.uk 54,676 679,039 7% 16 lastminute.com 52,895 680,820 7% 17 co-operativetravel.co.uk 44,548 689,167 6% 18 bestatthailandholidays.co.uk 43,995 689,720 6% 19 expedia.co.uk 42,015 691,700 6% 20 travelarcade.co.uk 40,254 693,461 5% 9 www.greenlightsearch.com | T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 attained slightly lower visibility than VirginHolidays. ascended our league table from position 12 to fifth place. Share: The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Paid Search Which advertisers were most visible in February? We have conducted a detailed level of monitoring and analysis to determine which advertisers appeared most prominently in the paid search space. An advertiser’s share of voice is based on: how often it was present in Google, which ad position it bid for and the associated search volume for the keywords it bid on. These advertisers have been scored in the league table below, which represents visibility across the top 90 keywords in February 2011. IceLolly remained the most visible advertiser through achieving a 51% share of voice. Interestingly, it bid at a higher average ad position of six, yet it bid on 84 keywords which was two fewer than it bid on in our The top 60 most visible holiday advertisers in paid search November report and thus it saw its No. Advertiser Share of voice 1 icelolly.com 51% 2 thomson.co.uk 39% 3 onthebeach.co.uk 31% 4 teletextholidays.co.uk 29% 5 lowcostholidays.com 27% 6 sunmaster.co.uk 26% 7 travelrepublic.co.uk 26% 8 firstchoice.co.uk 26% 9 directholidays.co.uk 26% 10 bargainholidaysonline.com 22% 11 travel.saga.co.uk 20% TeletextHolidays increased its paid 12 alpharooms.com 19% search visibility by 15%, which 13 thomascook.com 18% saw it move into the top 10. Of the 14 holidayhypermarket.co.uk 15% top 10 advertisers, it bid on the 15 haystravel.co.uk 13% highest number of keywords (85), 16 expedia.co.uk 11% at an average ad position of five; 17 holidaygems.co.uk 10% however, it appeared less often for 18 holidays.bookingbuddy.co.uk 10% the high volume terms, hence it 19 olympicholidays.com 8% attained a 29% share of voice. 20 directline-holidays.co.uk 7% 21 virginholidays.co.uk 7% 22 travelzoo.com 6% 23 travelsupermarket.com 6% 24 dealchecker.co.uk 5% 25 holidaydeals2go.com 5% 26 sunshine4u.co.uk 5% 27 ulookubook.com 4% 28 neilson.co.uk 4% Share: share of voice decrease by 5%. Although Thomson bid at a higher average ad position of five, it appeared for fewer keywords (71) and therefore it achieved a 39% share of voice in the paid search space. Since November, its visibility increased by 21% and it ascended our league table from position 12. Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 10 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 The top 60 most visible holiday advertisers in paid search (contd.) No. Advertiser Share of voice 29 siblu.com 4% 30 a1travel.com 4% 31 sheffield.directline-holidays.co.uk 4% 32 inspiredluxuryescapes.com 3% 33 kenwoodtravel.com 3% 34 sunsave.com 3% 35 britishairways.com 3% 36 monarch.co.uk 3% 37 booking.com 3% featuring at position 10. It bid on 38 exclusiveescapes.co.uk 3% 13 keywords, at an average ad 39 holiday.easyjet.com 3% position of five. 40 portlandholidays.co.uk 3% 41 last-minute.lowcostholidays.com 3% DirectHolidays lost a 25% share of 42 ebookers.com 2% voice as it only bid on 16 keywords, 43 jet2holidays.com 2% at an average ad position of 44 co-operativetravel.co.uk 2% three, whereas in November it 45 thomascookstyle.com 2% bid on 48 keywords, at the same 46 bargaintravel4u.co.uk 2% average ad position. Similarly, 47 travelsphere.co.uk 2% 48 co-opholidays.co.uk 2% 49 destinology.co.uk 2% 50 crystalski.co.uk 2% 51 lastminute.com 2% 52 clubmed.co.uk 2% 53 butlins.com 2% 54 tenerifediscountholidays.com 2% 55 thomsonski.co.uk 2% 56 shearings.com 2% 57 longwoodholidays.co.uk 2% 58 kuoni.co.uk 2% 59 brittany-ferries.co.uk 2% 60 escapetravel.co.uk 2% AlphaRooms ranked at position 12 and achieved a 19% share of 11 www.greenlightsearch.com | T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 voice, yet it bid on the fewest number of keywords in the top 20 (seven), at an average ad position of three. BargainHolidaysOnline was a new entrant to our league table, HolidayHypermarket fell from third position to position 14 as its visibility decreased by 17%. Share: The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Paid search: ad copy analysis The table below shows which ad creatives featured most frequently across the top 90 holiday keywords in the Google paid search space during February 2011. Share of voice is based on the number of times Google displayed the individual ad creative, also taking into account ad position, search term volume and Google’s ad rotation. In addition, we have analysed how many unique creatives were present for each advertiser. No. Domain Ad creative Unique Share of creatives voice 1 Cheap holiday deals 1000's of cheap holidays worldwide. Lowest price guaranteed. ABTA/ATOL alpharooms.com/cheap-holidays 15 Cheap Holidays Book Cheap Holiday Deals Now! Holiday Deals & Deposits From £5 lowcostholidays.com/holiday-deals 133 Thomson Holidays Thomson Holidays have Exclusive Savings Only when You Book Online thomson.co.uk 174 Bargain Holiday Offers Get late holidays, cancellations & bargain holidays view now www.icelolly.com 101 Thomson Cheap Holidays Browse Our Online offers, Flights, Hotels and All Inclusive Holidays thomson.co.uk 174 Bargain Holidays Get bargain holidays, cancellations late deal holidays view now www.icelolly.com 101 Fantastic Holidays Summer 11 Holiday Sale! £100 Off Per Booking. Offer Must End Monday. directholidays.co.uk/Holidays 41 2 3 4 5 6 7 alpharooms.com lowcostholidays.com thomson.co.uk icelolly.com thomson.co.uk icelolly.com directholidays.co.uk 17% AlphaRooms displayed the most visible ad creative, which achieved 12% a 17% share of voice. It advertised thousands of cheap holiday deals 10% worldwide, which were protected by ABTA and ATOL. 9% Thomson displayed the 8% most diverse ad campaign, featuring 174 unique creatives 8% in February. By contrast, BargainHolidaysOnline displayed 8% just 10 individual ads, with its most visible advert achieving a 8 icelolly.com Cheap All Inclusive Holidays Bargain Holiday Specialists, Top Offers Online, Book Today! www.icelolly.com 101 8% 6% share of voice. 9 travelrepublic.co.uk Late Holiday Deals Bag yourself a cheap late deal. Big Discounts On All Destinations www.travelrepublic.co.uk 112 7% The top 10 most visible adverts Cheap Inclusive Holidays Cheap Holidays, Late Deals & Cancellations At Bargain Prices! www.sunmaster.co.uk/Cheap 73 Directline-Holidays.co.uk 12 Million Holidays - 1 easy Search Up to £100 Off Today - Book Online directline-holidays.co.uk 11 10 11 sunmaster.co.uk directline-holidays.co.uk targeted the budget‑conscious 7% contained either of the following 7% terms: ‘cheap’, ‘saving’, ‘bargain’ or ‘sale’. 12 sunmaster.co.uk Cancellation Holidays Cancellations late deals and cheap holidays view now www.sunmaster.co.uk/Cancellations 73 7% 13 directholidays.co.uk Cheap Holidays 100% ATOL Protected Holidays With Low £75pp Deposits - Book Now! directholidays.co.uk/Cheap-Holidays 41 7% 14 bargainholidaysonline.com 2011 Holidays sale Over 20 million Holidays online now Massive savings, ABTA 0800 0914071 bargainholidaysonline.com/Holidays 10 6% 15 holidaygems.co.uk All inclusive from £189pp Book cheapest holidays on the web! All inclusive holidays from £189pp www.holidaygems.co.uk/cheapholidays 16 6% Share: consumer as all of the ads Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 12 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Paid search: generic holiday keywords Monthly searches specifically for generic holiday keywords accounted for more than 1.9 million searches in February. Here we assessed which advertisers were most visible for those keywords. Consistent with our previous report, IceLolly remained the most visible advertiser for generic No. Advertiser Share of voice 1 icelolly.com 61% 2 onthebeach.co.uk 42% 3 thomson.co.uk 38% 4 directholidays.co.uk 36% 5 sunmaster.co.uk 35% 6 lowcostholidays.com 33% 7 bargainholidaysonline.com 33% 8 teletextholidays.co.uk 31% 9 travelrepublic.co.uk 28% OntheBeach’s visibility remained 10 firstchoice.co.uk 27% at 42%, yet interestingly it 11 alpharooms.com 27% ascended from third position to 12 holidayhypermarket.co.uk 20% second place in February. 13 thomascook.com 19% 14 travel.saga.co.uk 15% TeletextHolidays increased its 15 holidays.bookingbuddy.co.uk 12% share of voice by 17% through 16 directline-holidays.co.uk 11% 17 holidaygems.co.uk 10% 18 expedia.co.uk 8% 19 travelzoo.com 8% 20 travelsupermarket.com 7% keywords. However, although it remained at the top of our league table, its visibility in this subsector decreased by 11% as, overall, it bid on one less keyword, at a lower average ad position of five. bidding on 28 keywords, at an average ad position of four and hence it ascended our league table from position 14 to eighth place. By contrast, DirectHolidays lost Which ad creatives were most visible for generic holiday keywords? 16% visibility and descended from No. Domain Ad creative Unique Share of creatives voice 1 Cheap holiday deals 1000's of cheap holidays worldwide. Lowest price guaranteed. ABTA/ATOL alpharooms.com/cheap-holidays 2 Cheap Holidays Book Cheap Holiday Deals Now! Holiday Deals & Deposits From £5 lowcostholidays.com/holiday-deals 37 Thomson Holidays Thomson Holidays have Exclusive Savings Only when You Book Online thomson.co.uk 40 2 3 alpharooms.com lowcostholidays.com thomson.co.uk 26% Achieving a 26% share of voice, 18% 14% Thomson Cheap Holidays Browse Our Online offers, Flights, Hotels and All Inclusive Holidays thomson.co.uk 40 12% 5 directholidays.co.uk Fantastic Holidays Summer 11 Holiday Sale! £100 Off Per Booking. Offer Must End Monday. directholidays.co.uk/Holidays 27 12% | guaranteed potential customers the ‘lowest price’. thomson.co.uk www.greenlightsearch.com AlphaRooms featured the most visible ad creative, which 4 13 second position to fourth. T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 Share: The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Paid search: short haul holiday keywords Monthly searches specifically for short haul holiday keywords accounted for more than 514,000 searches in February. Here we assessed which advertisers were most visible for those keywords. Thomson was the most visible advertiser for short haul keywords as it achieved a 45% No. Advertiser Share of voice 1 thomson.co.uk 45% 2 firstchoice.co.uk 41% 3 haystravel.co.uk 40% 4 travel.saga.co.uk 39% 5 teletextholidays.co.uk 36% 6 icelolly.com 31% 7 thomascook.com 28% 8 travelrepublic.co.uk 25% 9 onthebeach.co.uk 22% FirstChoice ranked at second 10 lowcostholidays.com 20% position through bidding on 11 dealchecker.co.uk 20% 28 keywords, at an average ad 12 olympicholidays.com 20% position of five. Comparatively, 13 neilson.co.uk 15% in November it bid on the same 14 exclusiveescapes.co.uk 15% number of keywords, yet at a 15 co-operativetravel.co.uk 15% lower ad position of six and hence 16 jet2holidays.com 14% 17 travelsphere.co.uk 13% 18 directholidays.co.uk 13% 19 booking.com 12% 20 expedia.co.uk 10% share of voice through bidding on 25 keywords, at an average ad position of five. Of all the advertisers, its share of voice increased the most (by 32%), thus it ascended our league table from position 17 to first place. ranked in third position in our league table. SagaTravel, which was the previous forerunner in our league table, descended to position four Which ad creatives were most visible for short haul holiday keywords? No. Domain Ad creative Unique Share of creatives voice 1 teletextholidays.co.uk 5 star Holidays to Turkey 5 Star Holidays for 3 star prices Holidays with Teletext Holidays teletextholidays.co.uk/Turkey 32 11% 2 thomascook.com Holidays To Turkey Save up to 40% off Summer Holidays. Don’t Just Book it, Thomas Cook it! thomascook.com/Turkey 26 10% Bargain Holiday Offers Get late holidays, cancellations & bargain holidays view now www.icelolly.com 35 3 icelolly.com often in the paid search space for the high volume driving terms. TeletextHolidays displayed the most visible ad creative which 9% advertised ‘5 star holidays to Turkey for 3 star prices’. 4 jewelholidays.com Turkey Package Holidays Discount Holidays In Turkey Book Online for Seasonal Specials www.jewelholidays.com 3 8% 5 teletextholidays.co.uk 5 star Holidays to Greece 5 Star Holidays for 3 star prices Holidays with Teletext Holidays. teletextholidays.co.uk/Greece 32 7% Share: in February as it appeared less Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 14 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Paid search: long haul holiday keywords Monthly searches specifically for long haul holiday keywords accounted for more than 733,000 searches in February. Here we assess which advertisers were most visible for those keywords. Thomson attained the largest share of voice (38%) through bidding on 24 keywords, at an No. Advertiser Share of voice 1 thomson.co.uk 38% 2 virginholidays.co.uk 34% 3 icelolly.com 31% 4 travel.saga.co.uk 27% 5 travelrepublic.co.uk 23% 6 haystravel.co.uk 21% 7 expedia.co.uk 21% 8 kenwoodtravel.com 17% 9 teletextholidays.co.uk 15% of four, VirginHolidays appeared 10 holidaygems.co.uk 15% for only 12 keywords. These were 11 portlandholidays.co.uk 14% high volume terms and hence it 12 monarch.co.uk 13% achieved slightly lower visibility 13 firstchoice.co.uk 13% than Thomson. 14 lowcostholidays.com 12% 15 britishairways.com 11% 16 inspiredluxuryescapes.com 10% 17 longwoodholidays.co.uk 9% 18 destinology.co.uk 9% 19 sunmaster.co.uk 9% 20 escapetravel.co.uk 8% average ad position of five. Since November, it also saw the largest increase in visibility of 24% and therefore it ascended our league table from tenth position to first. By comparison, despite bidding at a higher average ad position FirstChoice, which ranked in first place in our November report, lost 18% visibility and therefore it descended to position 13 in February. Thomson and IceLolly both Which ad creatives were most visible for long haul holiday keywords? displayed ad creatives which No. Domain Ad creative Unique Share of creatives voice 1 Egypt Holidays Book Hotels, Flights & Full Package Holidays to Egypt with Thomson Now thomson.co.uk/Egypt 64 Egypt Holidays Cancellations, Special Offers, Late Deals to Egypt-Book Now! www.icelolly.com/Egypt 50 Portland Holidays Great deals on Portland holidays Low deposits and ATOL protection virginholidays.co.uk/Rockstar 24 2 3 thomson.co.uk icelolly.com virginholidays.co.uk 10% 10% 9% offers and late deal holidays to Egypt. Portland Holidays Huge savings on all summer holidays only when you book online! www.portlandholidays.co.uk 2 9% 5 inspiredluxuryescapes.com Luxury Holidays in Egypt Tailormade Luxury holidays in Egypt Call free now on 0800 011 4358 www.inspiredluxuryescapes.com 4 8% | holidays to Egypt, whilst IceLolly advertised cancellations, special portlandholidays.co.uk www.greenlightsearch.com Interestingly, Thomson advertised flights, hotels and full package 4 15 achieved a 10% share of voice. T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 Share: The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Paid search bidding strategies We have monitored Google closely to identify who was advertising in the paid search space, and when they chose to advertise. Our analysis tracks visibility of advertisers, in terms of bidding frequency, average ad position and keywords bid on, rather than assessing other performance indicators, such as sales and cost per acquisition. The data has then been broken down further to reveal advertising behaviour by individual days of the week and times of the day. Day parting strategy Research by Google established that most travel searches are performed on Mondays, with slightly fewer on other weekdays. Searches for travel are made over the weekend, particularly on Saturday (Source: Google Insights). But did advertisers reflect this day parting in their bidding strategies? Ad count by day, over a 1-week period (chosen at random; week commencing 21st February) Consumer search behaviour OlympicDirect 20% SunMaster Percentage of visibility TeletextHolidays OlympicHolidays SagaTravel 15% Expedia FirstChoice Thomson TravelRepublic 10% Mon 21st Share: Tue 22nd Wed 23rd Thu 24th Fri 25th Sat 26th Sun 27th IceLolly It appeared that many advertisers, Overall, SunMaster recognised By comparison, OlympicHolidays such as Thomson, achieved a consumer search behaviour the best achieved low visibility on Monday constant share of voice, thus not as it attained high visibility at the which gradually peaked on reflecting the height of search beginning of the week when search Wednesday when consumer search activity at the beginning of the week. activity was at its height. behaviour started to decline. Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 16 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Hourly parting strategy Our own research found that there are two peaks in the day when travel consumers search most. The first is a ‘lunchtime slot’ from approximately 12 midday to 2pm, the second is the ‘after work slot’, from 6pm to 8pm. Did advertisers consider these trends in their bidding strategies? Ad count by hour, over a 1-day period (day chosen at random; Tuesday 22nd February) Consumer search behaviour 30% OlympicDirect OlympicHolidays 25% Percentage of visibility SunMaster 20% TeletextHolidays ThomasCook 15% Expedia 10% SagaTravel 5% TravelRepublic Thomson 0% Midnight - 4am 17 4am - 8am 8am - 12pm 12pm - 4pm 4pm - 8pm 8pm - Midnight IceLolly Advertisers, such as IceLolly and ThomasCook reflected consumer By comparison, TeletextHolidays Expedia, achieved a low share of search behaviour in the early hours attained a high rate of visibility voice during the lunch time period of the morning and recognised the between 8pm and 12pm when when consumer search behaviour peak in search activity during the search behaviour was relatively low. was high. lunchtime period. www.greenlightsearch.com | T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 Share: TheIntegrated most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Search Which websites/advertisers performed well? If we look at the visibility achieved by websites in natural search and the impression share gained by those websites as advertisers in the paid search space, who obtained the greatest share of voice overall? Here we have taken the top websites/advertisers across both mediums to give an indication of their integrated search performance. 80% 70% thomson.co.uk 60% Natural search visibility travelsupermarket.com Strong natural search visibility 50% Strong integrated search visibility thomascook.com firstchoice.co.uk holidayhypermarket.co.uk 40% directline-holidays.co.uk teletextholidays.co.uk cooptravel.co.uk Poor integrated search visibility 30% Strong paid search visibility co-operativetravel.co.uk virginholidays.co.uk 20% icelolly.com expedia.co.uk 10% directholidays.co.uk lowcostholidays.com bargainholidaysonline.com travel.saga.co.uk alpharooms.com travelrepublic.co.uk sunmaster.co.uk onthebeach.co.uk 0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Paid search visibility Share: Thomson achieved strong TravelSupermarket achieved the By comparison, IceLolly achieved integrated search visibility highest percentage of visibility in the highest percentage of visibility in February, as it acquired a natural search (57%). However, it in the paid search space as it considerable share of voice across lacked visibility in paid search as it acquired a 51% share of voice. both natural and paid search. only attained a 6% share of voice. Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 18 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 The most visible holiday websites in both natural and paid search No. Website / advertiser Natural search Paid search Thomson remained the most 1 thomson.co.uk 64% 39% visible website in integrated 2 icelolly.com 16% 51% search, attaining 64% and 39% 3 firstchoice.co.uk 40% 26% visibility in natural and paid 4 teletextholidays.co.uk 37% 29% 5 travelsupermarket.com 57% 6% 6 thomascook.com 43% 18% 7 holidayhypermarket.co.uk 41% 15% 8 directline-holidays.co.uk 36% 7% 9 cooptravel.co.uk 35% 2% search (16%), it was the most 10 directholidays.co.uk 10% 26% visible paid search advertiser and 11 onthebeach.co.uk 4% 31% therefore ranked second in our 12 lowcostholidays.com 7% 27% integrated league table. 13 travelrepublic.co.uk 1% 26% 14 virginholidays.co.uk 21% 7% 15 sunmaster.co.uk 0% 26% 16 expedia.co.uk 14% 11% 17 co-operativetravel.co.uk 22% 2% 18 bargainholidaysonline.com 0% 22% it ascended our league table from 19 travel.saga.co.uk 0% 20% ninth position to fourth place. 20 alpharooms.com 0% 19% 21 monarch.co.uk 12% 3% Interestingly, even though 22 lastminute.com 12% 2% HolidayHypermarket saw a 12% 23 kuoni.co.uk 12% 2% 24 haystravel.co.uk 0% 13% 25 mytravel.com 13% 0% 26 cheapholidays.com 13% 0% 27 britishairways.com 9% 3% 28 olympicholidays.com 2% 8% 29 holidaygems.co.uk 0% 10% 30 dealchecker.co.uk 5% 5% TravelRepublic and SunMaster 31 holidays.bookingbuddy.co.uk 0% 10% attained low visibility in natural 32 sunshine.co.uk 8% 0% search; however, both acquired a 33 letsgo2.com 7% 0% 34 latedeals.co.uk 7% 0% 35 ulookubook.com 2% 4% 36 neilson.co.uk 2% 4% 37 travelzoo.com 0% 6% 38 beatthebrochure.com 6% 0% 39 holidays-direct.co.uk 6% 0% 40 tripadvisor.co.uk 6% 0% 19 www.greenlightsearch.com | T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 search, respectively. Although IceLolly achieved a notable share of voice in natural TeletextHolidays increased its visibility in paid search and natural search by 15% apiece; therefore, increase in its natural search visibility, it lost a 17% share of voice in paid search; thus, it descended from third position to seventh in our league table. 26% share of voice in paid search, hence the two brands featured in the top 15 in our league table. Share: Social Media Marketing Which brands interacted most in February? People constantly engage in conversation about brands and products, whether it is at home, at work or socializing with friends. The internet has changed the role, pace and place of conversations and Facebook and Twitter have become two of the most powerful outlets. These sites have become the perfect medium for consumers and commentators to elevate discussions, amplify views and give brands both positive and negative visibility. To gauge social media user interaction with brands, we have monitored the Facebook and Twitter accounts of the top 15 brands in our integrated league table (see page 19) in order to assess how many fans and followers each has. The table below ranks brands based on the cumulative value of their fans and followers, a score which we have termed Social Media Popularity Index (SMPI). It further analyses the proactivity of brands by considering the number of posts and tweets brands produced for consumers to interact with in February. TravelRepublic remained the most popular brand in our social media league table, attracting a combined following of over 51,000 Facebook fans and Twitter followers. It continued to encourage people to join its Facebook group by advertising that people who pressed the ‘like’ button could win ‘free flights and hotel stays’. Interestingly, 40% of respondents clicked the ‘like’ button, or ‘liked’ No. Brand SMPI Posts Tweets per month per month a company, brand or association 1 travelrepublic.co.uk 51,596 51,181 + 415 20 9 on Facebook to receive discounts 2 onthebeach.co.uk 45,896 43,660 + 2,236 19 2 3 thomascook.com 16,957 10,154 + 6,803 11 100 4 virginholidays.co.uk 7,938 7,201 + 737 22 15 5 teletextholidays.co.uk 7,885 6,960 + 925 40 117 6 lowcostholidays.com 7,331 5,469 + 1,862 27 187 7 holidayhypermarket.co.uk 4,850 3,815 + 1,035 8 8 November it gained a significant 8 icelolly.com 4,699 4,339 + 360 41 30 number of Facebook fans as it 9 thomson.co.uk 4,494 0 + 4,494 N/A 30 only had three followers in our 10 directholidays.co.uk 3,842 3,842 + 0 13 N/A 11 cooptravel.co.uk 2,543 2,398 + 145 2 1 12 firstchoice.co.uk 2,329 1,585 + 744 4 10 13 sunmaster.co.uk 1,935 1,343 + 592 308 926 14 travelsupermarket.com 1,666 0 + 1,666 N/A N/A few followers. Moreover, it did 15 directline-holidays.co.uk 15 8 + 7 N/A N/A not produce any posts or tweets and promotions. Source: ExactTarget, September 2010 SunMaster displayed 1,234 posts and tweets collectively. Since previous report. DirectlineHolidays recently initiated both its Twitter and Facebook accounts and hence had in February and thus it did not engage with its followers. Share: Get in touch to discuss your site’s specific performance. 20 Holidays Sector Report, Issue 9, February 2011 Natural search: improve your website's position Content The leading sites contain rich content on topics that surround the popular keywords and have made this content accessible to search engine spiders to index; however, good content is readily available and thus used by a large number of sites. As such, the search engines need a further differentiator: link equity. Comprehensive ranking is based on search engines being able to access relevant content across your website. Link equity Search engines assess links to determine the credibility of websites because links from third-party sites are considered similar to votes. These links encode a considerable amount of latent and unbiased human judgement about the quality of the linked-to website; therefore, search engines cut through the noise of websites’ self-optimised content and ascertain the true worth of a site. Links play a significant role in helping sites break through the clutter and ascend rankings. The best-performing sites have Your site all invested heavily in their To increase performance, invest into improving the quality, depth and breadth of content around your targeted keywords. Ensure your site is accessible to search engines, pointing to relevant pages within your own site, whilst also focus on developing linking strategies around each product to improve the quantity and quality of links from third-party websites. linking strategies. Paid search: improve your visibility and efficiency Keyword landscape Your keyword landscape should mirror the products and services provided, but also consider the customer search funnel so that you are visible at all stages. Consumer search behaviour is constantly changing, with an increasing number utilising long tail and product-specific terms. Consider seasonal trends and mini campaigns, along with your everyday keywords. Short spurts of activity can help to drive up Ad copy your ROI. Ad copy is the ‘shop window’ opportunity to differentiate your brand from competitors. It acts as a sales and a branding opportunity, hence projecting an accurate and positive message about your brand and products is essential. Ad copy should be treated as a sales opportunity — take advantage by incorporating and Relevancy and quality/index score Every quality score relies on ‘relevancy’. Your keywords, campaigns, ad groups, ad copy and landing pages must all reflect your products and services. Ensure you create a campaign that focuses on relevancy throughout. This will lead to a high score and thus assist in lowering your overall and individual cost-per-click. testing as many ad copy versions Bid and campaign management illustrated in the AdWords As paid search campaigns become larger and more complex they become difficult to manage. Exploiting the long tail without sacrificing quality for quantity is also a challenge, especially when managing copy with pricing and specific products. Bid and campaign management technologies are vital tools in an increasingly competitive marketplace. system, allowing you to see 21 www.greenlightsearch.com | T: +44 (0)20 7253 7000 as possible. Google’s quality score is now exactly what score you have. Share: The most visible websites and advertisers in Google search Social media: keep tabs on your fans, friends and followers In a world where the community holds the power, how do you as a brand owner take part in a way that is beneficial to your brand awareness, customer loyalty, reputation and general brand wellbeing? Greenlight’s objective-orientated approach to Social Media Optimisation (SMO) does just that, providing a flexible framework to deliver social media success regardless of the brand or its aspirations — everything from understanding consumer sentiment, to driving brand awareness, brand loyalty and even acquisitions. Specific targeting is extremely important in the success and cost effectiveness of your social media campaign. The best performing social media campaigns utilise a variety Research your audience Not all social networking sites are the same — if you are trying to get into conversations about your bridal shower gift site, then a site where the dominant stories are about technology and gadgets is not for you. It is rare to find a social media site specifying its main demographic, so this can be more difficult than it looks. of formats and platforms and their content is available to share, to engage and interest their audience. URLs and bookmarking Engagement is key to building Simple, user-friendly URLs are not only more memorable, but they are more likely to be used in status updates and conversations. Make it easy to ‘save’ your pages — use links, icons with call to action terms i.e. ‘follow us on Twitter’. social media optimisation, so make sure that you connect and build a relationship with those speaking to you. Content mobility Ensure that your content is available in multiple formats. As well as PDFs, videos and audio clips, remember to create something in PowerPoint, so that your content can reach a destination such as SlideShare (which is also used within LinkedIn). Speak when you are spoken to Participate in the conversations which affect you and your brand. If you are seen to be engaging with your community, you are likely to build credibility and have more people ‘listening’ to what you have to say. Your involvement also means you will be better placed to know who your brand guardians and assassins are and react accordingly. Provide related information If you have the scope for creating content, then do so. Some content is more likely to become viral and spread through social networking sites than others, but almost every industry has information that will be passed on. 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