Consider this one more example of how Yahoo does not, by any means, move quickly. Still, the search market's perpetual runner-up does move, and its latest change brought the FareChase travel engine into a more prominent spot.
SideStep promotes itself as “the traveler’s search engine,” while TripUp is “an interactive travel community.” And as similar as those names and descriptions are, they may soon grow even more alike; SideStep has acquired TripUp.
The travel metasearch website expanded its categories to include local attractions, activities, and ticket search so visitors can book those along with other travel arrangements.
JupiterResearch did some digging in the metrics for the online travel market in the U.S. and came up with some big numbers in the coming years. Their report entitled, "U.S. Travel Forecast, 2005 to 2010," predicts $68 billion by the end of 2005 and $104 billion by 2010.
As reported in WebProNews earlier, search engines Google and Yahoo have decided to ban online casino ads from appearing on SERPs. The ban was to go into effect at the end of April. However, it appears that some of the casinos have found a way to "cheat" the filters Google has put in place.