About Kiwi Accommodation
Kiwi Accommodation has been delivering low cost, high quality and easily updated web pages for accommodation providers throughout New Zealand since 2002. In 2007, the site was purchased by Australian web publisher Creative Publishing Services. As part of a larger web travel publishing group, Kiwi Accommodation is extending its market reach to the benefit of advertisers and users alike.
One of the top five NZ accommodation websites, KiwiAccommodation.com gets over 70,000 unique visits each year. The average visitor looks at five site pages and spends nearly six minutes on the site. Half the traffic comes from New Zealand and the rest is evenly divided between Australia, Asia/Pacific, UK and the USA. One in five visitors comes direct from a bookmark or as a result of brand recognition.
Recent changes to KiwiAccommodation
• The redesigned site has a fresh new look and navigation is easier.
• Links to the Seekom booking agency provide for instant bookings.
• The site search function has been improved.
• Site moved to a bigger and better server.
• Your admin section now shows subscription renewal dates.
• An advertising campaign commenced on various electronic media.
The Kiwi Accommodation web page
Each place to stay listed in our directory has it's own web page, with a unique web site address (url). Unique Meta tags and page titles are created for each web page, as an essential part of our search engine positioning strategy.
Allowing accommodation providers to edit their own listing content as and when they like, adds another dimension of keyword positioning - businesses that know what keywords work for their website can easily complement them in, or incorporate them on, their Kiwi Accommodation web page.
The linking structure of Kiwi Accommodation ensures that every accommodation
webpage in our online directory gets spidered, ensuring good exposure
in search engines.
Our current listing includes:
- Unlimited updates to your page - via online console
- Physical address AND postal address
- Telephone, Fax and Free phone numbers
- 3 links to your website
- 3 links to an enquiry form
- Description of your accommodation
- Price guide
- Directions to your accommodation
- FOUR photos
- awards / standards you have gained
- Qualmark rating (if appropriate)
- Key word list of services that you offer
- Send this page to a friend link
- An address for your KiwiAccommodation webpage that is short, and easy to remember so you can include it in your promotional material if you should wish.
Frequently asked questions
1. How many accommodation providers are listed on Kiwi Accommodation?2. Can I make my listing stand out over others?
3. Can I have pictures in my listing?
4. Some of the listings have more information than mine, and some have very little why?
5. How do I update or edit my listing?
6. I can't seem to log in, or I have forgotten my username and password. Can you help?
7. How do I put pictures in my listing?
8. Why are the pictures I uploaded blocky?
1. How many places to stay are listed on Kiwi Accommodation?
We have over 1600 New Zealand accommodation providers listed!
2. Can I make my listing stand out over others?
Yes, we can feature your accommodation on our homepage, highlight it in search results, and feature it on regional pages as well as other relevant pages through out our web site.
3. Can I have pictures in my listing?
Yes, you can have up to four pictures included in your listing. Pictures that are square or nearly square are best. We prefer not to include portrait orientated images (images that are taller than they are wide), or pictures that are very elongated.
4. Some of the listings have more information than mine, and some have very little why?
We have continued to add services and features to Kiwi Accommodation, and when we do we notify our members by e-mail. However it's a sad fact that there is so much spam going about these days that messages are easily overlooked or dismissed. Consequently we have many members that have not taken full advantage of our listing service because they are simply unaware of the improvements in our services.
If you feel you are not taking full advantage of your listing and would like to add more information, visit our members section and update your listing - it's free.
5. How do I update or edit my listing?
Visit our members section and log in using the username and password that you first signed up with. Once you have logged in you will have access to several tools for updating your listing.
6. I can't seem to log in, or I have forgotten my username and password. Can you help?
To have your username and password sent out to click here, enter your email address that you signed up with and your details should be with you in about five minutes.
7. How do I put pictures in my listing?
First you have to log into our members section. Then you need to select image upload. Us the browse buttons to select the images on your computer you would like to use. Once you have selected the images click on next. The images will be uploaded - this may take some time depending on the speed of you internet connection. Our image upload feature only supports the upload of jpg files.
8. Why are the pictures I uploaded pixalated?
Pictures displayed in Kiwi Accommodation listing pages are resized to either 200 pixels wide, or pixels tall. If your pictures have come out pixalated it's likely that they have been enlarged by our system as their dimensions were smaller than we require. This can be solved by uploading images that are wider than 200 pixels.
