1 Month has Already Passed ...
Firstly, we'd like to thank all hostels that believed in our idea from the beginning. This month has been an exciting launch for us and we’ve been very busy – but for good reason…

What we've done:

- 100 hostels have signed up with us at WorldBestHostels.com. This means that we are 100 times stronger, and with your support we will grow even bigger!
- We've now provided all hostels with a personal login page that allows you to
+ Check your hostel details - even those not shown on the front pages
+ View page statistics. Here you can check how many times your listing has been viewed & clicked each month
- We've also provided graphics & artwork for all our WorldBestHostels. Place them on your own hostel's website, or print to display at your hostels to show everyone that you are a selected WorldBestHostel!
You will find:
+ A WorldBestHostels.com A4 poster in jpg for your receptions or foyers Find it at: www.worldbesthostels.com/poster_2006.jpg
+ WorldBestHostels.com logos & banners for your webpages Find it at: www.worldbesthostels.com/logos/logos.htm
- Our website's visibility has grown on all main search engines. Try searching us under world best hostels – we’re on the first pages in search engines like Yahoo! Altavista, MSN & we run fast on Google too.
- We've invested in publicity to make sure our name, WorldBestHostels.com is seen all over the globe.
+ WorldBestHostels.com is registered with Google payperclick
+ You can also see our name in Packed! - backpacker's travel magazine
+ We have a banner on the www.HostelinEurope.com network (with over 150 websites) and the opportunity to attract even more guests to our pages
- We have posted 2 articles on www.infohostels.com to show people about our genius idea

Some numbers for this first month:

- 100 Hostels listed
- 30 countries shown &
- 57 cities listed online
- 1500 direct clicks to hostel webpages (remember, we are only 1 month old!) & in the last week there was 600
- over 5000 visitors in our very first month
- pages per visitor - 9 (so far!)

Whats next?

- We're still growing! We are working to list even more hostels with WorldBestHostels.com, and make our name even bigger, all over the world.
- We’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that we ask our listed hostels for a simple link exchange to WorldBestHostels.com on your own hostel webpages. If possible, please use the logos provided at your account login. This will make sure that our name and logo is seen all around the world. (Thank you to everyone who has already put us on their pages)

Don’t forget – at WorldBestHostels.com, we are hostels working together, to bring us all closer to our guests. So if there are other great hostels out there that you would like to work with, please let us know, or pass on the good word.

Until the next time,
Staff @ WorldBestHostels.com