Zagat Internet Listings
Oct 3rd, 2002, 07:22 AM
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All that means is I will stop going to the Zagat's site.
I doubt Fodors would start charging. The website is great advertising for their products. They get more value in marketing and promotion through the site than they do through the popups. No other travel book publisher has as vibrant and informative an online community as they do.
I can understand why Zagats would consider charging while Fodors would not. Whenever we go to visit a new place, we definitely buy the Fodors and post a question at the website. I have never bought the Zagats, although I go to its website often. I get the one for my hometown free because I submit a review. Zagats subject matter is too narrow to support the book business model.
I doubt Fodors would start charging. The website is great advertising for their products. They get more value in marketing and promotion through the site than they do through the popups. No other travel book publisher has as vibrant and informative an online community as they do.
I can understand why Zagats would consider charging while Fodors would not. Whenever we go to visit a new place, we definitely buy the Fodors and post a question at the website. I have never bought the Zagats, although I go to its website often. I get the one for my hometown free because I submit a review. Zagats subject matter is too narrow to support the book business model.
Oct 3rd, 2002, 08:06 AM
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I have been amazed that Zagat has let us use their site for free all this time.
The info is as good as in their books, but easier to access.
I am positive that the free web access must have cut down on their book sales.
Zagat should have cut us off long ago.
(But I still won't buy their books. Nor would I pay for Fodor's...which is much less useful).
The info is as good as in their books, but easier to access.
I am positive that the free web access must have cut down on their book sales.
Zagat should have cut us off long ago.
(But I still won't buy their books. Nor would I pay for Fodor's...which is much less useful).
Oct 3rd, 2002, 08:17 AM
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Re Fodors charging: I disagree with the second xxx (can't you folks think of some name so we can tell you apart?). since I have been coming to this site (about 2 years now) I haven't bothered to buy a new Fodors book, even though I had been a regular buyer of their guidebooks - all the info is downloadable (and more current) directly from the website, not to mention the bulletin boards. My guess is that their revenue from book sales is falling, perhaps being replaced by the click-through charges to their advertisers?
