Frequently asked questions

How do I Register MY New Forest Accommodation ?

• You can place your b&b, Guest House, Hotel, Cottage or Apartments on ALL of our New Forest Portal Sites by going to the subscriptions Page HERE or by making an enquiry via the Contact Page HERE.

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Where can I find you on Search Engines ?

• You can find www.new-forest-bed-breakfast.co.uk on all of the major Search Engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN by using one of the most commonly searched phrases...
• new forest bed and breakfast
• new forest b&b
• new forest accommodation

Amongst many, many other keywords of course, but just these 3 keywords or phrases are searched, on average, about 100,000 times each and every month. So naturally the better that you place on the first page of these Search Engines, the more visitors you will receive. We receive over 3 million hits each year! A 'hit' is when a visitor lands on a page. (SEE OUR STATISTICS HERE) Not to be confused with a visitor who may well 'hit' several pages in their search for the right accommodation. Which means some of which could be someone looking at your ad. placement or listing.

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Why doesn't my own web site feature well on Search Engines ?

• There are many reasons for this but to put it simply, Google's algorithms get more and more complicated every day and the criteria for placing well on search engines is not just a simple case of "who has the most links" anymore. There are many other webmasters out there all trying to achieve those top positions and in the end there is just no substitute for experience. Our webmasters since 1997 DoubleVision.com have a team of people with experience of building search friendly web sites. The main webmaster there has over 20 years of experience alone on the internet, working with large companies such as; Microsoft, Chromium, OriginOil and several other world leaders in technologies as a consultant marketing specialist.

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Who is www.new-forest-bed-breakfast.co.uk ?

• We are Blue Parasol ltd. Which include a group of web sites that harbour several New Forest web sites. Some of which are listed below; (SEE OUR ABOUT PAGE)
• http://www.blueparasol.co.uk
  http://www.new-forest-bed-breakfast.co.uk
  http://accommodation.newforest.uk.com
  http://bandb.newforest.uk.com
  http://bedbreakfast.newforest.uk.com
  http://bedandbreakfast.newforest.uk.com
  http://cottages.newforest.uk.com
  http://hotels.newforest.uk.com
  http://www.newforestaccommodation.uk.com
  http://www.newforestbandb.uk.com
  http://www.newforestbedbreakfast.uk.com
  http://www.newforestbedandbreakfast.uk.com
  http://www.newforestcottages.uk.com
  http://www.newforesthotel.uk.com

Along with about 70 other web sites we are dedicated internet specialists and are local resident in the New Forest (Sway).

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What is the best way to ensure that I get New Forest tourists for my accommodations ?

• One of the best ways is to advertise with us of course, but we would also recommend placing listings on other well positioned New Forest portal sites (Budget permitting) as this will increase the likelihood of being seen and found. Simply do a search for; new forest bed and breakfast on Google.co.uk (the best) or Yahoo.co.uk and look at the top 5 positions. You should promote yourself on as many of those top 5 portal sites as you budget allows. Do not bother with sites below the top 5 because they do not offer a good return because most surfers (i.e. searchers) will have found what they want in the top 5.
• Look to see how many "other accommodations" they promote. The more accommodations that they promote the less likely you are to be found. Also a prominent listing with a top portal site will give you good returns.

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When is the High Season in the New Forest ?

• Typically any High Season is during the School Holidays.
• But... we are lucky here in the New Forest because our visitors comprise of a high proportion of explorer that has already sat on the nest and have grown-up Sons and Daughters. This extends our "Season" to include the Autumn when the forest is particularly beautiful and early Springtime when the flowers are starting to bloom.
• So with good advertising with high ranking *specialised New Forest portal sites, you can expect to see between 50% to 75% occupancy. NB* the percentage of occupancy heavily depends upon the amount of advertising that you do and more importantly... who with.

*Why Specialised New Forest? Every visitor to these sites are looking for New Forest accommodations. Rather than e.g. "a general bed and breakfast portal site" which would naturally include all areas of the UK and would not necessarily be a good usage of your advertising budget.

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