The well-known leading car hire price comparison website, Carrentals.co.uk, has now topped the rankings for both SEO and social media marketing. This news came by way of Greenlight, which is a leading search engine marketing agency.

In terms of online visibility, this award-winning car rental site placed in the top spot for natural search rankings for car hire search terms in October of 2010. In fact, the company achieved 53 percent of the 763,000 car hire-related searches performed. Carrentals.co.uk also recorded the highest Social Media Popularity Index.

The managing director of Carrentals.co.uk, Gareth Robinson, said, “The latest Greenlight report highlights our online expertise, with our approach to search engine optimization positioning us at the forefront of the car hire sector and allowing us to continually reach new audiences. Over the last year we have incorporated an enhanced social media marketing strategy, offering new and existing customers a quick and easy way of interacting with us, and this investment is now achieving demonstrable results.”

Gareth went on to add, “Securing our position as the most visible online car hire website reflects the success of our online strategy, and we will continue to develop and refine this over the coming months. Social media, in particular, is a rapidly growing area and we’re excited to be leading the way for the car hire sector in such an important field.”

This report shows that, in natural searches, Carrentals.co.uk is not only the most visible site domesticity, but worldwide as well. Overall numbers show that this car hire comparison website achieved a 6 percent increase in its online visibility since July of 2010.

This report from Greenlight supports the growing online presence of Carrentals.co.uk. This was a site that was Highly Commended in the Best Meta-search/Price Comparison category at the Travolution Awards in 2010.