Traverse City Vacationer™ - Sports a New Look...

It was back in 2005 when I was working the Internet pushing Peninsula Bay ever further out into the cyber arena that I came to realize I wanted something more. Sure, we had a pretty nice website from the get-go, thanks to a connection with a very talented Internet guru in Ann Arbor instructing at U of M. To get off the ground running, we employed some of the bigger vacation rental websites such as vacationrentals.com, etc. We still do use a handful of vacation rentals sites to this day - you can never have "too much" exposure and the Internet has been a wonderful means of sharing our project - Peninsula Bay Resort Condominiums.

What I did notice is that there are lots of vacation rental websites out there but few specialize in one local geographical area...say for instance "Traverse City." I was off and running...hence the Traverse City Vacationer™. A vacation rental website dedicated to Traverse City and it's immediate area. No need to wade through state after state - city after city... just a one stop shop. I figured what can it hurt? I was able to build the site (this is the 3rd version) and was able to host it beside our main site on our server. What was thought as just another avenue to finding Peninsula Bay Condominiums has turned into a pretty catchy website now hosting many tens of properties in the area.

My optimization stats for VisitNorthernShores.com show our biggest referring website to be... yes the Traverse City Vacationer™. This had evolved somewhat to my surprise...I didn't really think that spending most of my nights up til the wee hours of the morning mulling over the Internet searching for optimization avenues would pay off as they have. I've learned a lot ,but I' m no expert - although I must say, I feel rewarded for my efforts and am pleased. Google still remains our strongest referring search engine and with good reason.

The Traverse City Vacationer™ will continue to change and evolve over the years, I have plans for it, but its mission will always be to service those looking to find accommodations here in this special place in so many hearts called: Traverse City