innkeeping: Re: PAII-Members: new service

[owner-innkeeping]

Stephan Spencer wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone. I've recently expanded InnCrawler to include a separate,
> Yahoo-like directory of Inn Home Pages, Association home pages, online B&B
> directory home pages, and RSO home pages. I haven't yet announced it to
> the
> world, but I'd like to get feedback on it from you folks first to see if
> I'm missing anything. The URL is http://www.inncrawler.com/homepages.cgi

Stephen, I like what you have done,  I will return to these pages and 
see if all of our entries have been processed.  This was an excellent 
idea.

> I
> also would encourage anyone to add their sites.
> 
> BTW, for those of you who aren't familiar with InnCrawler
> (http://www.inncrawler.com), it is a search engine that offers full-text
> searching through all the B&B directories at once.
> 
> Another thought (this one regarding the InnCrawler search engine):
> wouldn't
> it be nice if there were a standard for inn home pages so that X-C skiing,
> cross-country skiing, and cross country skiing were all equivalent to the
> search engine. And inns in California are still found if they abbreviate
> their state name to CA or CAL or Calif? If we all decided on a standard
> set
> of codes to hide in a hidden comment field on an inn's home page, we could
> do this! What does everyone think... should we all come together on this
> to
> set a standard?

I would begin changing or adding this type information and will work 
with my various providers to do the same thing if people think it will 
help and be a benefit.
> 
> I'd definitely appreciate any feedback!!
> 
> Thanks,
> Stephan

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Jim & Susan Hildebrand
Innkeepers, Anderson House Inn
201 E. Main Street, Heber Springs, Arkansas  72543
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