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	What is the philosophy of the web site? Today most people who travel consult the web prior to traveling. We wanted to provide a site that was not just a list of every hotel, motel and restaurant. A list with every choice is too long, lacks detailed information, and just takes too much time to sort through. People don’t have time to wade through all that data. They want advice from someone who has been there. That is this site’s goal, to make recommendations from a limited selection of options. This site recommends lodging, food, and activity choices area by area. Why be part of Northwestplaces.com? Many establishments have wonderful web sites, but can those of us who travel find the site without spending hours searching the web? Search engine sites provide a useful service to those of us who use the web, they deliver all the information we want and much more. Therein lies the problem with search engines. For example, a simple search on “Redding motels” returned over 300,000 sites to look at. Of the first 100 listings no hotels or motels were listed. Most of the sites were selling reservations and the others were long lists with no additional information. Nearly all of those sites were full of ads and pop-ups. Seventy percent of our users log directly onto our site. On northwestplaces.com you can go right to an area and see a selection of establishments and attractions, with descriptions. And there is a direct link to your web site. In July of 2006 170,000 people hit our site. 70% of them logged on through their “favorites link” or directly typed in our web address, not coming from search engines. Our program is a network of businesses like yours promoting direct use of the web site. You in turn benefit from others promoting the web site. That is accomplished through the use of our “Recommended by” logo in your window, in your advertising, and on your web site.
	So… Is northwestplaces.com a site of the best places? Best is in the mind of the beholder! Is best the most expensive, the most unique, or the lowest priced establishment you would put your family in? The answer is yes! On northwestplaces.com we try to offer a variety of choices all of which are places we would choose to use again when we return to the area.
	Do you have a rating system? Rating systems are difficult. It seems everyone has a rating system and they are all different. We have tried to use the English Language and photos as our rating system. We think the simple, “We’d go back again” standard is the best evaluation.
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