CaribMedia ta informabo - what's going on this month.
Welcome to the CaribMedia newsletter! We hope that it will keep you
informed about new
trends, projects, opportunities, as well as important tips and stats.
We welcome your feedback at any time!
In the spotlight
Aruba Restaurants- would like to inform you about
some new features for restaurants on
VisitAruba.com and Aruba Restaurants.com for 2010!
* NEW VIDEO FEATURE * - if you have a VIDEO of your restaurant
available on YouTube, we will add it to your listing FREE of CHARGE
and
also rotate the video on the main page of ArubaRestaurants.com and on
the main restaurants page of VisitAruba.com! Visitors will be able to
flip through videos on our main pages. If you do not know how to
get your video on YouTube we can definitely assist you!
Click here to see
Featured Restaurant Videos on VisitAruba.com
* FACEBOOK & TWITTER * - do you have a Facebook or Twitter page for
your restaurant? If so we can add the links to your listings FREE
of CHARGE on VisitAruba.com and ArubaRestaurants.com - simply
send us your Facebook and/or Twitter pages and we will add them -
thereby encouraging visitors to become fans of your Facebook pages or
to follow you on Twitter. If you do not have a Facebook page or a
Twitter page, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you in
setting one up!
Since it's launch in May 2009, ArubaRestaurants.com has been actively
generating
a large volume of restaurant reservations and reviews. In 2010 we also
introduced some additional improvements to the design and features:
- On the main page,we've added large "call to action" buttons to boost
reservations and review submissions by visitors.
- The "Special Deals" link was moved to the top left of the home page,
for more visibility.
- Restaurant reviews are now shown on the top right hand side of the
home page.
- Each Restaurant listing page now has a big, clear "Reserve" button
to encourage reservations. This is applicable to paid listings.
- As mentioned above we are implementing additional video content for
all restaurants who are interested.
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The one story that continues to stand out is that of Facebook. Ever
since it opened registration to the general public back in the fall of
2006, Facebook has seen considerable growth, so it’s not like this
story is new by any stretch of the imagination.
And yet, even in its native market, Facebook continues to add to its
audience at an incredible rate. In the past year alone, Facebook more
than doubled its U.S. audience from 54.5 million visitors in December
2008 to 111.9 million visitors in December 2009. It went from being the
#11 ranked property to the #4 ranked property. It now accounts for 7%
of all time spent online in the U.S. (Source: ComScore)
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Technology news
- Facebook surpasses Yahoo to become second most-popular website read
more
- Nokia patents the first self-charging phone read more
- Internet TV: the goggle box gets googly read more
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Did you know?
SPAM, SPAM and more SPAM - it just gets worse every day as spammers get
more sophisticated. Sometimes you send out an email and get a response
that your email has been blocked by a
system called Barracuda which is essentially an antispam system
that
blocks blacklisted IP addresses, however sometimes this even happens
silently so
that you never even know that your email is not being delivered!! We
have been looking into this and we can offer a system that will
resolve these problems for emails, and you will be able to use
your own
domain name for example name@domainname.com.
This system
will work with your desktop email client such as Outlook,
Thunderbird, Entourage, or any other POP/IMAP client. Also download
your emails directly to your BlackBerry, iPhone, or other
mobile device. Prices start at just Awg. 5 per month per 10GB
mailbox (more space than Gmail). For more information send an
e-mail to support@caribmedia.com
New on VisitAruba
Remember to become a fan of VisitAruba.com
on Facebook
and follow us on Twitter.
Please note that our RSS news feeds of Aruba News
(including articles you submit to us) are also capable of being
distributed on this platform. Another good reason to send us your news
updates!
We'd like to remind everyone again of our "Aruba
Deals & Specials" page.
As an advertiser on VisitAruba.com you are automatically entitled to:
- 1 Free press release per month per advertised unit shown on our
news site ( http://news.visitaruba.com ). Simply send us your
Aruba-related press releases for inclusion (subject to editor approval).
All releases are distributed on VisitAruba.com, our News section on our
Aruba Forums website, on our Facebook and Twitter pages, and also ping
Google News and other news aggregators.
- FREE inclusion in our What’s New, Special Deals and searchable
Events section for new postings, Specials or events for all advertised
units, and links to your specials, events from your pages on
VisitAruba.com. Specials are linked in our right hand-column, shown on
practically every page of our website.
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Aruba Newsbits
- Atlantis Submarines First Attraction in Aruba with Green Globe
Accreditation read more
- Mosaic sets up stunning event in Aruba for CareerBuilder read
more
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A Tourist's Experience
Our thanks go out to the innkeepers of Paradera
Park Apts. Debby and Hank went out of their way to make our stay
most enjoyable! They shared with us valuable information about our stay
in Aruba and
provided us with complimentary beach chairs, beach towels and a cooler
which we used at a variety of beaches including our favourite, Manchebo
Beach.
read the rest of the trip report
