1. Our "modern name" is: "Cartagena, Colombia" |
2. Our historic and official name is: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. |
3. The name Cartagena was copied from Cartagena, Spain. |
4. Colombia also has a small town known as: Cartagena del Chaira. |
5. Believe it or not, we are also known as: Cartagena, Columbia. |
1.
Our "modern name" is: Cartagena,
Colombia |
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CartagenaInfo
uses the Internet as our only promotion tool. We understand and satisfy
the requirements of successful, low cost promotion on the Internet.
We know how to benefit from the power of the Search Engines to bring
visitors to our Portal and to our Home Page clients. We know, for example,
that most Searcher's use the name: Cartagena and as part of their
Search Words. This includes people searching from within Colombia where
all are familiar with our historic name. Entering one word instead of
three is faster! Many search's involving our city use at least three
words: our city, country, and then more specifically what they are searching
for. A primary example would be: cartagena colombia hotels, or in Spanish:
cartagena colombia hoteles. |
2.
Our historic and "official" name is: Cartagena
de Indias |
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The
early Spanish explorers were searching for a more direct trading route
to the spices of India and so their efforts were described as La Ruta
de India. Even though this was a major topographical mistake of the
times, the name is still revered in Colombia for it's historic significance.
The name: Cartagena de Indias does however cause a problem when used in international promotion of the city. In their ignorance, many foreigners who are not familiar with our historic name, still identify us as being located within the country of India! This identity miss understanding can negatively effect internet promotion of our city with some Search Engines. |
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Search
Engines are responsible for linking more than 80% of new visitors to
Home Pages and their importance to successful Internet promotion cannot
be over stated. Some Cartageneros insist: "at any cost, we must
promote our historic name". Others, who seem more practical say:
When promoting internationally we should also use our modern name: Cartagena,
Colombia, maintaining that it's more important to invite tourists and
investors with our modern, more universally accepted name. The time
to educate tourists and investors about our historic name is when they
are here! Let's not "loose" them before they even get
a chance to visit! |
3.
The name Cartagena was copied from Cartagena,
Spain |
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Like
Cartagena, Colombia, the Cartagena in Spain is a walled city with a
fine harbor. The city was founded in 230 BC by a Carthaginian, and at
one time it was said to be one of the richest cities in the world. Today
this seaport city in Spain has about 200,000 inhabitants as opposed
to Cartagena, Colombia's 1,000,000. When those who are new to searching
enter just the name Cartagena, many of the results will include this
Spanish city. |
4.
Colombia also has a small town: Cartagena
Del Chaira |
Cartagena
del Chaira is a small town of 11,000 in the heart of the Colombian Amazon,
far from the coastal city of Cartagena. The economy is heavily drug
related and the problems there have an effect on Cartagena because of
the confusion of the names. Many killings, kidnappings and drug related
events which have taken place in this town have been incorrectly reported
by the foreign press as having taken place in Cartagena on the Caribbean. |
5.
Believe it or not, we are also known as: Cartagena,
Columbia |
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Most
people in the United States and Canada are very familiar with the spelling
of the name "Columbia",
which is very common in these countries. When searches for our city
are made from these countries Columbia
is used more often than the correct spelling of our country. This also
causes confusion and Search Results problems with many who use the Search
Engines. |
WE
HAVE THE SOLUTION!!! |
At
CartagenaInfo, we are serious and therefore the solution
is simple: cover all bases. We promote to the major 200 international
Search Engines on a daily basis. Our Portals and client Home Pages are
promoted using meta tag programming which relates to all (1,2,5) of
the above names for Cartagena, Columbia. We even own, and promote the
domain name: www.cartagenacolumbia.net
to capitalize on the error! In promotion it's all about attracting
maximum positive attention for the least investment! In Cartagena, promotion is all about the very slow process of educating business decision makers as to the proven results www.cartagenainfo.com offers. |
OUR
MISSION: |
At
CartagenaInfo our Mission is simple: we are serious,
and do what ever is necessary to improve the income of our Home Page
clients as we continue to improve the economy of Cartagena, on the Internet. |
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