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Yes, a post on how good we are :)

29.02.2008 -17 °C

It's not every day you get to do a post based on how good something is that you've spent a lot of time and energy on, so I should really cherish the moment... okay, now that the moment's gone, I'd like to thank Josh from Izunotravel.com for the really in depth review he's done of travel blogging systems. For those of you familiar with Travellerspoint blogs it might come as a shock, but there really are other sites out there trying to do the same thing! We don't know why they try either, but hey...

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Joking aside, it's great to see a blogger/reviewer really go into the kind of detail Josh has done when researching 10 different sites that offer travel blogging - view the review here. And this was done independently too I should add; the first I ever heard about it was an email from Josh letting us know we had 'won' :) We went up against some pretty big names, including a few sites that do nothing but travel blogging and I'm really proud to say that Travellerspoint came out number 1 overall. We were considered best in category in three different categories out of 15, although not all 15 categories actually had a 'best of category' (only 7 did). My favourite line is this one:

Quoting izunotravel.com

"Map features are better than on Google"

There's a lot to take away from the review, including some (small) points of improvement for Travellerspoint which is also very welcome. If you'd like to see the comparison chart (flash), the direct link is http://www.izunotravel.com/Customs/traveljournalreview.html

And as always, any ideas/suggestions on how we can keep on making the travel blogging system better are welcome!!

Posted by Sam I Am 03:18

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Man, I need to start collecting all these positive things said about the maps and create a scratchbook with them or something, so that later when I'm old and senile, I can still say "See?! I made that!" :)
And yay for winning! Well deserved!

05.03.2008 by Sander

Well deserved indeed, however, i think the overview comments should also be noted here....

"At first I was thinking this was going to be a bad option. Their site, travellerspoint.com at first glance appeared cold and unwelcoming. Advertisements and all sorts of different links."

He then goes on to say that after a bit of time, you get to realise how good it is. But even with that, the first sentance isn't as great as it cold be.
We all know you are the best, but perhaps you are loosing some custom to poor imitators due to that perceived first impression?

07.03.2008 by Gelli

You're quite right Gelli.. that comment certainly leaves room for thought! A few of the comments from the recent survey also helped us get an idea of the general view of Travellerspoint, which does always have some room for improvement.

Attractiveness is of course in the eye of the beholder, but nonetheless ... A bit more colour might be called for ;) And in particular what I feel is becoming an issue is the sheer number of things we are offering - it starts to get a bit confusing for first time visitors who may get lost.

08.03.2008 by Peter

I actually followed up with the reviewer because I was rather concerned about that too Gelli. Like Peter says, the sheer volume of what we offer compared to others makes it more confusing than other sites. It's tough but obviously we need to improve there! We've got a few ideas we'll be trying out in the coming months. Rather than adding on more functions I think this will be our main focus for the year....

08.03.2008 by Sam I Am

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