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Review: GuideBookAmerica.com
Guidebookamerica.com is another directory listing site that frequently emails innkeepers to solicit their advertising dollars. The site claims that they are “the only online travel directory of its kind”. If by that they mean confusing, cluttered and a spammy mess, well then they may be top of the class. Save your money. There are few regions I could even find where google searches even returned results for this site in the first 2 pages.
The Good: One time fees for permanent listings.
The Bad: Horrible directory structure. The drop down select box for the regions is almost invisible in the link cluttered home page. Many of the links are off site, leading me to believe that they are either paid links, or affiliate programs. These links dominate the page making paid innkeeper listings far more difficult to find. The main page and several internal pages are keyword stuffed to the gills, including seemingly off topic keywords. Articles on the site are duplicates of others from the net. Site lists all lodging types. Featured area member was the smallest of all listings. Many state pages looked like link farms, with ads ranging from blinking animated gifs to flash slideshows.
Our Inn Results: We do not pay for advertising on this site and are awaiting results from some folks who do.
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The Stats:
Age of Domain: 5 years
Main Page Pagerank: 5
Number of Inbound Links: 4,261
AlexaRank: 960,102
Alternate Domain Names: No
Direct Links to Your Website: Yes - starting at the $30 package
Least Expensive Membership (annual): $30
Most Expensive Membership (annual): $240
Notes about Packages and Membership: 5 packages to chose from. Each are lifetime listings. Main difference is the placement on the search result page as well as details of the inn, background color and styles as well as photos.
The Site:www.guidebookamerica.com
Review Date: January 21, 2008
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I have two clients listed on this directory. One of my clients has a banner listing that has not generated one clickthrough to his website. Another client has had 3 clickthroughs in the last 12 months from a basic listing.