All the articles of November, 2007

• Nov 25, 2007 Google pushing Product Search in its top navigation (again)

  On its US site, Google has pushed Product Search in its top navigation, replacing the Video link that now appears in the “more” drop-down. In 2006, the Froogle link – previous name of Product Search – was removed from the top tabs in favor of Video. It seems Google is still not really sure what [...]

• Nov 19, 2007 Offline shopping to come to CSEs?

  Search engine land has today an interesting article on local shopping, listing several companies that provide information on offline stores. The conclusion of the article is: It’s too soon to say whether inventory data will become a “commodity.” However very soon consumers will be able to do online product research and then learn, fairly quickly, where [...]

• Nov 16, 2007 Kelkoo to launch its mobile version next week

  Next week Kelkoo will launch a mobile version of its comparison engine. In this first phase of roll-out, Kelkoo Mobile (http://m.kelkoo.fr) will only be launched in France (other European markets to come later) and will be compatible with all mobile phones that support XHTML (including of course the Apple iPhone – see iPhone screenshots on [...]

• Nov 13, 2007 Become adding social shopping features to its site

  Become has recently launched a new version of their site, focused on social shopping improvements. A new registration process lets users define their favorites brands and stores among various personal information; then browsing the site, they can create some wish lists, and “stuff I own / stuff I recommend” lists. There is apparently no way [...]

• Nov 12, 2007 Yahoo! Coupon Center has been launched

  Yahoo! Shopping US launched the beta of their new Coupon Center last week. This release is quite appealing, very Web 2.0 yet simple to use. As long as you have a Yahoo! account, you can bookmark coupons you are interested in, vote for your favorites one, share them with your friends (using mail or Yahoo! [...]

• Nov 12, 2007 Kelkoo and the hListing microformat

  Remember what microformats are? In short, an easy way to build a semantic web with the current HTML / CSS standards. The hListing microformat – still a proposal at this point – is a very useful one for the shopping ecosystem. As explained on microformats.org: Individuals and professionals are increasingly publishing their offerings online: whether as [...]

• Nov 11, 2007 Back from Costa Rica

  I’m back from holidays, after 3 weeks in Costa Rica. Perhaps my best travel so far: from friendly people to wonderful landscapes and astonishing wildlife, this country is truly amazing. Photos to come in the following weeks; as a starter, here is a photo of Arenal volcano seen from the Arenal lake. Back to work [...]