Name of your website?Ownersrentals.com
Your name?
Paul
Your Location (city, etc)
Vancouver
When did you start your website and why?
I started thinking about ownersrentals.com about seven years ago when I was living in Spain. I had moved to Spain from the UK for a better life and had some rental villas I used to rent out to holiday makers. I was getting frustrated with the companies I was using and thought I would design a better more user friendly vacation rentals website myself. I left Spain and traveled around the world with my base in Cairns Australia. Whilst traveling I done loads of market research and met hundreds of owners and travelers from all corners of the world.
Then I finally settled in Vancouver and started the designing of the website. With lots of hard work and frustration I finally got the site I wanted and launched it in February 2004. After 18 months I went to a web design company called InVancouver and we totally redesigned it and made it more user friendly and SEO friendly and I'm proud to say with a great team behind me and client base we are now on page 1 of Google for keyword Vacation Rentals. With offices in Vancouver and Valencia Spain. Thank you to everyone involved.
Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc
Ownersrentals.com provide's a huge selection of vacation rentals worldwide direct from the owners for all budgets commission free. Along with informative holiday travel reviews of our properties, locations and communities.
What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?
Getting good programmers and getting clients to beleive in you. Thank you to all my clients.
What has been the easist past of operating your website?
There's been nothing easy its really hard work around the clock.
What was your biggest mistake?
Trusting bad programmers, there really is a big shortage of good php programmers in Vancouver. But thank god i found InVancouver.
Who maintains your website and why?
My website is maintained by our own staff and InVancouver.com, Why because theu are good.
What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?
The internet is growing at such a fast pace, who knows where it will go. You have these sites of mass collaboration and communities coming together via site like my space ect. The internet has taken over but I feel it's a bit sad when you go for a coffee and everyone's buried in laptop/note books or texting, or pod casting with head phones, it just seems really unsociable sometimes or couple walking down the street hand in hand with ipods on. I think wow there having a really good time they don’t even have to talk on a date. The internet brings people together but I think it also isolates them. I think there's a time and place for the internet.
What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
Its a must, every site must have it.But there's good and bad SEO just do your homework. My advise is type in SEO in your area and see who comes up on page 1 of Google, cos if they can't get there own site there they will never get yours.
What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?
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What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
A lot of hard work
What method has been least successful for promoting your website?
No comment
What is your website address?
Ownersrentals.com
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