Tag: Search engine

Singapore — Klook, a travel and leisure e-commerce platform, alongside the travel search engine company KAYAK, has announced an expanded integration that will enable KAYAK users to access one of the largest inventories of Things-to-Do (TTD) across the Asia-Pacific region.

KAYAK will draw on Klook’s leading supply strength to enable its users to have seamless access to the APAC region’s best TTD. KAYAK users will benefit from a wider range of attractions and experiences as they will now be able to discover over 490,000 activities in over a thousand destinations through Klook on KAYAK’s TTD vertical.

Elia San Martin, VP and GM of KAYAK APAC, said, “We’re excited to be expanding our integration with Klook which will enable KAYAK users to have greater access to an extended variety of attractions and experiences. As travel continues to rebound in the APAC region – we are helping travellers access more travel options than ever before.”

Marcus Yong, VP for global marketing at Klook, commented that they’re delighted to announce this global integration with KAYAK and the enhanced API-connectivity between the two companies will enable the post-pandemic traveller to have seamless access to the best TTD and car rentals globally.

Yong added, “Borders in APAC are gradually opening up as measures ease. This is an opportune time for us to be at the forefront of travel recovery in the region and build on that momentum with KAYAK – especially as it brings more travellers over from the US and Europe to experience joy in Asia.”

Since the integration of car rentals last year, KAYAK users have access to Klook’s car rental coverage that spans over 9000 destinations across 500 vendors, unlocking one of the largest inventories in the Asia-Pacific region.

Bengaluru, India – In order to aid brands in working out their ideal influencer marketing campaign, Qoruz has launched India’s first-ever comprehensive influencer search engine, which indexes hundreds of thousands influencers, from celebrities to macro to micro and nano-influencers, from various social media platforms.

Qoruz Search Engine enables marketers to discover millions of relevant influencers in seconds, filter by influencer attributes, category, region that fits their target audience. Marketers can discover, identify, filter and make a campaign plan as per their requirements. Advanced features like filters, detailed analytics, insights and campaign planning tools will be available for a small license fee.

Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, co-founder and CEO at Qoruz expressed his excitement regarding the search engine launch, and believes that the Qoruz search engine, starting with India and then internationally, will help marketers to discover relevant influencers for their objectives by giving them data, deep insights, and campaign management tools.

“We envision a connected Influencer ecosystem; where influencers and creators are not looked upon as ‘vehicles of reach” or ‘human ad banners’ but a world where brands and marketers forge tighter mutually beneficial relationships with influencers, beyond ‘money’ or ‘reach’,” Bhuvaneshwar said.

According to Prabakaran B., co-founder and CTO at Qoruz, the search engine utilizes data from top social media like Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Blogs; and across diverse categories such as fashion, beauty, photography, food, lifestyle, comedy, family, music, films, technology, and games.

“There are also ready-to-use curated lists available on Qoruz with the most popular searches done for influencers and creators like ‘Top Content Creators in Instagram’, ‘Top Food Instagrammers in Delhi’. For clients who require deep data, insights, advanced filters and campaign management, these can be available for an annual license fee,” he stated.

Qoruz is currently mentored by Nitesh Kripalani, former director and country head at Amazon Video India, and serves brands such as Omnicom Media Group, Goibibo, Marico, among others.

Manila, Philippines – Online search engine Google has released a new local Google Doodle in honor of the 142nd birthday of Rosa Sevilla de Alvero, a prominent figure and activist during the campaign in Philippines’ suffrage movement.

De Alvero is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in establishing suffrage rights to Filipinas during the American period. In her stance as an activist, she has led the ‘Liga Nacional de Damas Filipinas’ (National League of Filipino Women) founded in 1916 to support her rallying cause for equal voting rights to women in the country.

Her work and social movement has resonated and been ratified by the Commonwealth government in 1937, paving the way for equal rights for women against their male counterparts.

Furthermore, De Alvero is also a journalist and educator, as she also sparked a national movement in making Tagalog the national language through a presentation of the first ‘balagtasan’ or a debate held in poetic verse, alongside with well-known Filipino-Tagalog poets.

At age 21, she also founded the ‘Instituto de Mujeres’ (‘Women’s Institute’) of Manila, one of the first schools for women in Filipino history, which is now known as the Rosa Sevilla Memorial School.

Google Doodles’ local release cross paths with the upcoming International Women’s Day celebration on March 8, as well as the slated 2022 national elections in the Philippines.

Some notable Google Doodles’ that have been Philippine-centric include the commemoration of the country’s Independence Day every June 12, the 92nd birthday of Filipino comedian Dolphy, and commemoration of the country’s well-known tourist attractions like Tubbataha Reef.

Manila, Philippines – Marketing technology engagement platform Zoomd has announced a new deal with Philippine-based media company GMA Network, in embedding Zoomd’s on-site search engine within GMA’s platform.

Through the partnership, Zoomd aims to increase the page views of GMA News’ site, decrease bounce rate, and extend average session length for GMA web visitors, which is estimated to be more than 200 million.

“This is a hot period for our sector and we intend to maximize monetization opportunities and target regional expansion, getting more publishers and more clients to adopt Zoom onto their platforms. The Philippines is an important and strong market for us and we welcome GMA to our line of top-tier publishing clients,” said Amit Bohensky, chairman and co-Founder of Zoomd.

Zoomd uses artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technology, which is aimed to provide new advantages to publishers by optimizing site traffic via on-site search, and guiding advertisers in managing their user acquisition (UA) across hundreds of media channels.

Founded in 2012, Zoomd allows advertisers to save significant resources that would otherwise be spent consolidating data sources, thereby maximizing data collection and data insights while minimizing the resources spent on the exercise. 

Further, Zoomd is a performance-based platform that allows advertisers to advertise to the relevant target audiences using a key performance indicator-algorithm that is focused on achieving the advertisers’ goals and targets.