Jim Buckmaster’s Reading List
Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist and star of the Oodle crawler controversary, should take a leaf out of Hilton Hotels book.
They have just announced an expansion to their agreement with Sidestep to provide a direct feed. Travel is a particularly crawler sensitive category because in some cases the providers a paying a per use fee for searching on the GDS (Global Distribution Service).
Sidestep were heralding themselves as the first with permission to crawl the feed but let’s hope Hilton have allowed Kayak and others access too.
By working together, crawling becomes more effective and timely and ultimately Sidestep refers more consumers to Hilton Hotels (where the company wants them).
