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by villinogambero
Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:22 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: The importance of plenty of images on listing sites
Replies: 24
Views: 3386

kendalcottages wrote:And now another Flipkey graph...
Well, this one is not even worth commenting! While the trend is more reasonable, using the general term "amenities" doesn't mean much ;)
by villinogambero
Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:17 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: The importance of plenty of images on listing sites
Replies: 24
Views: 3386

3) There's also nothing wrong with binning data , if one has enough of it, and I would imagine that FlipKey does. I'm a scientist too but, while in general terms I agree that often there is nothing wrong in grouping data, I think that often (and in this particular case) it's better to treat a conti...
by villinogambero
Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:21 pm
Forum: France
Topic: WIRELESS INTERNET
Replies: 5
Views: 10780

Re: WIRELESS INTERNET

Hello We have a rental property in Collioure and clients are requesting WIFI access. Rather than get a phone line/broadband, I'm considering getting an internet access dongle, like a USB memory stick but with a SIM card in it, so clients can access the internet att their cost with us buying infrast...
by villinogambero
Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:17 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: The importance of plenty of images on listing sites
Replies: 24
Views: 3386

- a much more effective way to do it would have been plotting a scatterplot (points) using for the x axes the number of pictures, for the y the number of enquiries without dividing cases into arbitrary classes of number of pictures and without using relative measures of success (percentage increase...
by villinogambero
Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:09 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: The importance of plenty of images on listing sites
Replies: 24
Views: 3386

Anybody else smell a rat here ? To my third post, I should have added, or c) Flipkey have made it up. ;) I agree...what is not clear in the graph is that it lacks a reference (that is, -29% respect to what? maybe the overall average of enquiries?)... I also think that the graph is, in its "mor...
by villinogambero
Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:50 pm
Forum: Italy
Topic: Limoncello and More
Replies: 14
Views: 5991

@raone

If we are talking about the same drink, I think the mandarin one is more appropriately called "mandarinetto" :)
by villinogambero
Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:17 am
Forum: Personal websites
Topic: Is Flash bad for SEO?
Replies: 10
Views: 5711

Re: Is Flash bad for SEO?

So i am looking into hiring somone to build my site and was wondering if i should use flash? Does Google pick up flash websites as well as lets say a traditional site? Flash is bad for SEO and also for other problems. As suggested, if you provided a Flash version you could provide a static version ...
by villinogambero
Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:17 am
Forum: Personal websites
Topic: Wordpress vs "Normal" Website?
Replies: 16
Views: 4908

I don't know that I've ever heard anyone use the words Frontpage and SEO together in a positive way before now. But, I have limited experience with it. Hand coding may be the only way to guarantee that you get out exactly what you put in in terms of SEO, You are absolutely right! The Frontpage bit ...
by villinogambero
Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:32 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: 6 or 8 persons
Replies: 19
Views: 11344

I agree with most of the recommendations you have been given: for me it's better to have less people who are happy than more people unhappy! In addition to this, I would also consider that squeezing to many people inside an house may be an incentive to get bargain-hunters...not exactly my ideal tena...
by villinogambero
Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:43 pm
Forum: Owner-to-Owner
Topic: Translation exchange
Replies: 0
Views: 1919

Translation exchange

Dear LMHatters, I was thinking about a "translation exchange" between forum members. Basically it could work like this: I'm Italian native and quite fluent in English and I could translate into Italian other people's English content in exchange of translation of my English content (of appr...
by villinogambero
Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:57 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Problem with Homelidays
Replies: 33
Views: 3776

...i recently noticed the HomeAway logo on their website - any idea whats the connection? i wonder if you are entitled to a special rate if you advertise on both HomeAway and Homelidays? As far as I know the HomeAway Inc group has acquired Homelidays (see also this thread ). No special rates that I...
by villinogambero
Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:26 pm
Forum: Handling rental enquiries
Topic: What is a fair discount for a 3 month stay?
Replies: 30
Views: 8509

Bananacake, I think that an issue to consider when renting long-term in Italy is that you are subject to different rules (I mean rules set by law) compared to short term. Honestly, these rules sort of put me off...
All the best
Carmelo