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Why is Africa Travel Magazine #1 on Google for Marketing Africa Travel, Trade and Tourism in the USA - and Canada. Aug 2007

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Google Weekly Ranking, Feb.2007
Numbers below may change up or down weekly from our initial search date.
Marketing Africa to USA
#1 and 2 from over 12 million entries
Marketing Africa to Canada
#1 and 2 from over 33 million entries
Marketing Africa to Asia
#1 from over 22 million entries
Marketing Africa Travel to Europe
#1 and 2 from over 4 million entries.

Previous Google Scores.
Africa Travel Industry
#1 and 2 from 33,700,000
Marketing Africa to Asia
#1 from 29,600,000 entries.
Marketing Africa to Canada
#1 and 2 from 32,300,000
USA Africa Tourism
#1 and 2 from 1,860,000
Africa Travel Industry
#1 and 2 from 33,000,000
Africa Travel Trade
#1 and 2 from 37,300,000
Africa Travel Shows
#1 and 2 from 49,900,000
African Travel Fashion
#1 and 2 from 5,770,000
Africa Travel Ministers
#1 and 2 from 6,940,000
African Airline Association
#1 and 2 from 2,180,000
African Embassies USA
#2 and 3 from 1,160,000
African American Travel Market
#2 from 7,520,000

Africa's Flying Gourmet
Our websites rank #1 to 4 on Google from 919,000 entries


Our Yahoo Scores, Jan. 2007
Africa Fashion
#1 and from 21,700,00
African Embassies USA
#1 and 2 from 346,000
Africa Travel Fashion
#1 and 2 from 12,100,000
Africa Travel Industry
#1 and 2 from 16,800,00
Marketing Africa to Asia
#1 from 16,300,000
Marketing Africa to Canada
#1 and 2 from 18,900,00
USA Africa Tourism
#1 and 3 from 4,010,000

WEBTRENDS

SEPT 2006 SEARCHES
Google, Yahoo, MSN

JAN - AUG. 2006 SEARCHES

• Africa Tourism Ministers
- #1 and 2 from 12,000,000

• African Airlines Association
- #1 and 2 from 17,700,000

• Africa USA Tourism
- #2 from 18,800,000

• Africa Canada Tourism
- #2 and 3 from 31,900,00

• Africa North American Tourism
- #2 and 3 from 45,800,000

• Africa Tourism
-
#3 from 57,200,000

• African Fashion
-
#3 from 49,500,000

• African Fashion Designers
- #2 from 18,300,000

• Africa Peace through Tourism
-
# 3 and 4 from 7,200,000

 


Google, Yahoo, MSN and Webtrends mark success of Africa Travel Magazine Online in USA and World Markets (right)

Travel Trade Show activities keep our printed magazine high profile

Scoring high on Google, Yahoo and MSN, the internet's, most highly respected search engines, beats any popularity poll. Such consistent results prove that our 12 years as publishers of Africa Travel Magazine are making their mark. These daily #1, 2 and 3 ratings reflect our website's appeal to upscale, educated adult readers, who are sincerely interested in a positive, forward looking message about Africa travel, trade and tourism. We're official voice of the Africa Travel Association, whose members know the territory, having staged world class events in 33 African cities since 1976. In addition, our ATA President and many board members are African Tourism Ministers. Others represent airlines, hotels, tour companies and educators.

Value-added bonus for print advertisers

Since many of today's tuned in, turned on professionals get their news, views and background information via the Internet, our website uses certain facets of North America's top print media; the eye appeal of Conde Nast; the life span of National Geographic and the variety of Readers Digest. To catch, capture and command the viewer's attention, our headlines telegraph the core message. To aid navigation, our new color coded top bars, and 'mini menus" on side bars keep them going in the right direction. The visitor's attention is further riveted by a wealth of cultural, wildlife and nature photography, plus scenes of Africans in action at events worldwide. We offer hundreds of great images - and each gallery page is linked to a specific country or region.

The Power of Positive Searches

Need more proof? Valuable statistics are gathered by regular searches on Google, MSN and Yahoo, North America's most powerful search engines. The quickest way to judge a web site's power, and performance is to search using basic words. You cannot get more basic than "Africa Travel," or "Africa Fashion" - simple words that open the floodgates to millions of web pages worldwide. See the amazing search figures below and read our ""Did you Know" items.

Keeping Pace with Technology

by Jerry W. Bird

One of the blessings of today's Digital Age is the ease which we can archive the results of our efforts from the past several decades - and leave a footprint in the sands of time. From thousands of photo images taken during numerous trips to and from the African Continent, to conference reports, focus groups, road shows, speeches, in-depth interviews, biographies and flashbacks - our editors are able to recall, restore, rethink and regenerate a library of material from this vast treasury. That's why, on the 12th Anniversary of our first two travel-business magazines - and the 30th Anniversary of the Africa Travel Association, I am pleased to introduce some new features.

A Radio-Active Website with Video - is our hottest item as we join the Insyc Portal with Africa Travel TV . More to come regarding our broadcast schedule.

Magic of Technology - We offer a list of print ready DOWNLOADS - available in the colorful, convenient, easy to print PDF format we love so well. This amazing technology, first introduced by Adobe is a magic touch. The PDF, short for ' personal document file,' is finally gaining the broad acceptance it so rightly deserves. Features from back issues of Africa Travel Magazine, plus other gems of interest to our readers worldwide are provided via this web site and partner sites that network with us.

History in Mass Media

What many readers do not know is that our first step in publishing was a series of travel resource maps showing various modes of transportation and links between destinations. Several hundred thousand copies were printed and distributed for our clients Best Western Hotels and Avis Rent A Car to their customers. This led to a Government of Canada contract to create a "Supermap" of Air Routes. Travelers needed to know how to get from here to there - and who to contact. Most still do, judging from the flood of e-mail requests we receive. At meetings with Transport Canada and regional Airport Managers, we arranged distribution via airports and launched series of articles on gateway airport communities.

In 1995 we launched Air Highways Magazine and Air Highway Days, a conference to showcase member airports and communities to the travel industry. This success was followed by an Air and Marine Tourism Expo. Good fortune continued to smile on us that same year when, in partnership with the Africa Travel Association, we launched Africa Travel Magazine. It's 2,400 page web site now leads the pack in many search categories.

Airports, Supermaps and More

What many readers do not know is that our first step in publishing was a series of travel resource maps showing various modes of transportation and links between destinations. Several hundred thousand copies were printed and distributed for our clients Best Western Hotels and Avis Rent A Car to their customers. This led to a Government of Canada contract to create a "Supermap" of Air Routes. Travelers needed to know how to get from here to there - and who to contact. Most still do, judging from the flood of e-mail requests we receive. At meetings with Transport Canada and regional Airport Managers, we arranged distribution via airports and launched series of articles on gateway airport communities.

In 1995 we launched Air Highways Magazine and Air Highway Days, a conference to showcase member airports and communities to the travel industry. This success was followed by an Air and Marine Tourism Expo. Good fortune continued to smile on us that same year when, in partnership with the Africa Travel Association, we launched Africa Travel Magazine. Its web site now leads the pack in many search categories.

Another Flying Start

The idea of combining the best of both magazines in a single issue on Air Travel and Multimodal Transportation has been on my mind for years. Last spring it began to grow roots. At the ATA 30th World Congress in Nairobi Kenya, our editors spoke to many delegates - and in one group alone we discovered that each person had flown a different route to Nairobi. Some arrived from the USA via Ethiopian Airlines, with a stop in Addis Ababa; others came via Dubai, while many flew South African Airlines. We began with a United Airlines flight from Seattle to London; then flew Kenya Airways. Other delegates flew with SN Brussels, British Airways - and the list goes on.

My point is that many travelers and agents have no clue as to the variety of options now available. So,using the same blueprint from the early 90s, we proudly introduce "Air Highways to Africa." The premiere issue debuts soon.

Warmest Regards. The Editor

Previous Search Statistics for Our Website
#1 on Google for African Hotels and Resorts in a search including 3 million entries?

#1 on MSN for information on Africa Travel? Not bad, considering it's from 21 million entries. And we're in the top 3 on Google and Yahoo.

For Cameroon Tourism our site was #1 on Google? We topped 5 million entries, outranking Lonely Planet and the country's official tourism site.

For Africa Fashion we're #1 on Google and MSN ? Google search is from 40.300.000 entries.

For African Travel Shows our site was #1 on Google? We led 20 million entries on this vital topic.

For African Tourism Ministers our site ranks #1 on Google? Tops again - In a Google search from 1,300,00 entries.

For African Embassies USA we scored 2 of the top 10 on Google? That's from a search of 1,820,000. entries.

For
Guinea Tourism we have 2 of Google's top 3? This search included 7 million entries. Period of search March 12-16, 2006.

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BASIC TWO OR THREE WORD SEARCHES
Period March 12 -22, 2006

The following statistics are from searches conducted between March 12 and 17, 2006. Often the results vary from one search engine to the next, and changes occur in numbers and rank from week to week. However, we find that our site is consistently in the top 20 - and often in the top 5,. Frequently we're at the top in Number One Position. As an example, we've led the fashion category for years. Here are some examples which may surprise you. Pardon the lower case type - it's easier for our readers.


african hotels and resorts
google - #1 and 2 out of 3,500,000

african airways
google - 2 in the top 12 out of 3,380,000

africa usa travel
msn - #1 out of 3,100,000

africa travel -
msn - #1 out of 20,000,000
yahoo - in top 5 - out of 121,000,000
google - in top 6 - out of 220,000,000

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