Framejacking refers to sending someone a link that hijacks the destination website with an HTML frame. The two most common ways that links are framejacked are with ow.ly (Hootsuite) and su.pr (Stumbleupon). Framejacking is considered annoying by many Twitter users -- here's why:
I'm a daily Twitter user (@hostelmana) and spend a lot of time encouraging hostels to use Twitter as well as
There is a type of redirect called a meta refresh redirect that I've seen on several hostel websites lately. There are a couple of reasons why I recommend not using this kind of redirect on your website.
This is the first part in a series on productivity software for hostels. Use these tools for creating marketing materials like flyers, posters and websites. Edit your hostel photos without having to buy expensive software like Adobe Photoshop ($699). All of the software on this page is free!
Many hostel websites are only created in one or two languages. A hostel is a business that caters to international guests that speak many different languages.
Many hostels are blogging and experimenting with Twitter. Twitter is a "micro-blogging" service that lets you post short updates to a group of followers.
Here are 10 tips for hostel websites:
HTML "frames" is an older technique that was often for building websites. Search engines don't like HTML frames. Google says:
There are many ways to analyze a competitor's website. Here are three simple and free methods for getting some interesting data on another website:
Search engines see websites much differently than humans. As mentioned in my free hostel marketing ebook earch engine crawlers can't effectively see Flash content, JavaScript, or text that is embedded within images.
Many people have heard of search engine optimization or "SEO". SEO is a set of techniques to increase traffic to a website through search engine referrals.
