TravelPod
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TravelPod is an online service which allows users to create travel blogs. According to TravelPod, it was the first website to offer this free service when it was founded by Luc Levesque in 1997, pioneering the concept of the travel blog, which is also known as a travelogue or travel journal. TravelPod has been part of the Expedia
group since 2006.
In late 2005, TravelPod enabled its users to submit photos by mobile phone devices, also known as moblogging. TravelPod allows travellers to notify family, friends and other travellers whenever they update their blog. TravelPod also gives its members the possibility to password-protect their blog.
TravelPod also created a game called Traveller IQ, where players must quickly and as accurately as possible, identify cities and places on a map, with increasing levels of difficulty. There is the original World Challenge, and many other regional challenges. TravelPod and Facebook
users can also create their own customized challenges. Traveller IQ increased web traffic to TravelPod's website, and the game is also popular on Facebook.
Membership reached 20,000 members in November, 2005. TravelPod has received positive press from the following publications The Wall Street Journal
, The New York Times
, National Geographic Magazine
and PC Magazine
.
Expedia
Expedia is an Internet-based travel website based in the US with localised sites for 21 countries...
group since 2006.
In late 2005, TravelPod enabled its users to submit photos by mobile phone devices, also known as moblogging. TravelPod allows travellers to notify family, friends and other travellers whenever they update their blog. TravelPod also gives its members the possibility to password-protect their blog.
TravelPod also created a game called Traveller IQ, where players must quickly and as accurately as possible, identify cities and places on a map, with increasing levels of difficulty. There is the original World Challenge, and many other regional challenges. TravelPod and Facebook
Facebook
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users can also create their own customized challenges. Traveller IQ increased web traffic to TravelPod's website, and the game is also popular on Facebook.
Membership reached 20,000 members in November, 2005. TravelPod has received positive press from the following publications The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic, formerly the National Geographic Magazine, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue in 1888, just nine months after the Society itself was founded...
and PC Magazine
PC Magazine
PC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...
.