Promoting 
                  Web Sites 
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                | Start Promoting! 
                  - DIY Promotion for Tourism | 
              
               
                | Rather than pay Snowgoose or other Internet 
                  companies a lot of money to register you and get 
                  your Web site listed on other sites, here is an opportunity 
                  to do it for yourself. Or you can 
                  try here for one of the better online self-promotion websites. | 
              
               
                Before you start 
                  You need to carry out a Health 
                  Check on your web site. If you dive right in with a 
                  half-finished site you can do more harm than good.  | 
              
               
                Get Listed! 
                  The more you are listed on other sites, with links to your 
                  own site, the more the search engines will know you are 
                  there and more web users will come across your name. So it is 
                  important for your business to be listed on other sites, with 
                  a link through to your own web site. For a good list of accommodation-related 
                  web sites, look at our accommodation 
                  directories. 
                   
                  It is also important to have links from your own 
                  site to other relevant sites of interest, see our adding 
                  links page.  | 
              
               
                Free 
                  Links and Listings! 
                  To get you started, below is a list of accommodation sites 
                  (and in some cases attractions and other types of tourism businesses) 
                  which are free to register and be listed with. Some allow 
                  a FREE WEB LINK from their site to yours. | 
              
               
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                   Click on each web site link below to look at their main site. 
                    Click on the (promote) 
                    link next to a site name then follow the instructions on how 
                    to get listed. 
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                   AardvarkTravel.net 
                    ( promote 
                    ) free - NEW October 2001 
                    The 
                    North East.com ( promote 
                    ) free 
                    A-thru-Z 
                    Hotel Finder ( promote 
                    ) free 
                    Hotel 
                    Guide.com ( promote 
                    ) free (can also pay for "extended listing") 
                    Leisure 
                    Hunt.com ( promote 
                    ) free provides the info for a2btravel 
                     @UK 
                    ( promote 
                    ) free (if you link back, your entry will be shown 
                    in bold) 
                    The 
                    Beaten Path ( promote 
                    ) free 
                    Holidaysites.co.uk 
                    ( promote 
                    ) free 
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                | Once you have tested the water with the free sites 
                  you will feel ready to try out the 'big boys' on our accommodation 
                  directories page. They usually charge for listings 
                  and links but, because they are often bigger and may have wider 
                  exposure than those above, they can reap greater dividends. 
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