Car Hire Site Carrentals.co.uk Takes Top Slot in Google Search Report

Online, December 22, 2009 (Newswire.com) - 17 December 2009 - Award-winning car hire specialist www.Carrentals.co.uk has reported that it has been placed first in a new report into Google natural search rankings for car hire keywords and terms in September 2009. The website took 54% of the 1.5 million car hire specific searches in the month and also ranked top for 147 of 3,800 keywords, according to the report* published by leading independent search engine marketing agency, Greenlight.

The new survey and results showed that www.Carrentals.co.uk came in first place for both domestic and worldwide searches in the month of September, with 63% and 52% respectively. The site was also considered the most visible among all car hire keyword searches.

Gareth Robinson, managing director of Carrentals.co.uk, comments, "The new Greenlight report is quite illuminating and really does emphasise our prominence in the car hire comparison sector. We've enjoyed an outstanding 2009 and this report juts underlines that we've been going about things in the right way."

www.Carrentals.co.uk has already this year reported an excellent summer and fine figures, with summer car hire bookings up 38% year on year and a respective 72% increase in revenues.

Gareth Robinson went on, "The new report really testifies to what a good job we are doing and also that the CPA methodology we take to our business helps both suppliers and customers to enjoy better and more profitable experiences when dealing with us."

www.Carrentals.co.uk has gone from strength to strength in the six years since launching in 2003 as a car hire broker. The online specialist then reinvented its operation in 2007 to become a dedicated car hire comparison specialist and was awarded Best Car Hire Website in the 2008 Travolution Awards as well as Best Ski Car Rental in the 2008/09 Good Ski Guide Oscars.

www.Carrentals.co.uk compares car hire deals from as many as 50 rental companies, including Alamo, Budget, easyCar, Holiday Autos and Sixt, in over 9,000 locations worldwide.

For more information please see www.carrentals.co.uk

About Greenlight

Greenlight is an award winning, specialist search marketing agency providing targeted and accountable natural and paid search solutions. The agency has helped numerous companies to succeed in search marketing over the years by improving its clients' positioning and website visibility in the top search engines, and driving traffic to their websites.

Greenlight provides a full range of search marketing services from offices in London and New York, including search engine optimisation, pay per click management, link building, consultancy and SEM training.

Clients include FTSE, NASDAQ and NYSE listed companies as well as charitable organisations and government bodies. Greenlight works with SMEs, global brands and top interactive agencies across vertical markets as diverse as publishing, financial services, retail, travel, hospitality, property and entertainment. www.greenlightsearch.com

*Greenlight's'Car Hire Sector Report - Q3 2009' profiles search behaviour in this sector. It assesses which brands, aggregators and review sites are the most visible in natural and paid search results, and hence have the greatest share of consideration when UK-based searchers go to Google to look for and hire a car around the world. The report is based on search volumes for the last quarter, with a focus on September to give a more in-depth analysis.