The travel guide of the month winner is Finn McCarty with his guide ‘Saxon Switzerland: between a rock and a winding river’.

We have just launched the monthly travel guide awards where the best travel guide of the month (voted for by the community) will win a £50 Amazon voucher.

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites in the world, making it a great place for you to promote your travel guides and increase your guide views!

The destination forums are now live (http://forums.simonseeks.com/phorum.php?index) so for each Expert destination you can ask the community questions and get involved in discussions.

The ‘Recently viewed’ block is now live on the site (top left hand corner), it allows you to link back to previous products you've viewed (it will only appear once you have looked at a

Last week we added some new features to the ‘Simonseeks page tools’ which is the toolbar located at the bottom of every page on Simonseeks.

The first version of itineraries is now live on Simonseeks, which means you can plan your trip by creating your own personal itinerary. Here’s how it works:

Last week the new maps went live on the site!

Over the last three months we have carried out a beta forum where 20 Simonseeks’ writers have contributed to topics on general travel, shared advice and experiences on writing guides for Simo

I’ve had a great response from my introduction blog post and it is obvious from the comments that Simonseeks is in need of a writers' forum!