All the articles of June, 2008

According to NMA.co.uk, Windows Live Search Cashback – the cashback solution from Microsoft, powered by the Jellyfish technology – will soon be launched in the UK: Microsoft is set to roll out its cashback scheme in the UK after its successful launch in North America last month. The company said the UK would be the [...]

In November 2007, Kelkoo Mobile was launched in France , followed by Norway and Sweden in March 08. Today, Kelkoo Mobile is officially available in all Kelkoo countries: UK: http://m.kelkoo.co.uk IT: http://m.kelkoo.it FR: http://m.kelkoo.fr DE: http://m.kelkoo.de ES: http://m.kelkoo.es NL: http://m.kelkoo.nl DK: http://m.kelkoo.dk NO: http://m.kelkoo.no SE: http://m.kelkoo.se Through this service, mobile users – with a mobile [...]

Brian Smith has the scoop: Shopzilla now displays filtering options above the search results, when most of the CSEs still display them on a left column. However, Shopzilla is not the only CSE to display filters on the top. In Europe, Kelkoo and Twenga have implemented such display. When we launch the new Kelkoo redesign [...]

TravelMuse is a new travel destination that “combines original editorial content and destination city guides with powerful planning tools“. Nothing really innovative so far, except its “Inspiration Finder“, an assistant to find some ideas of travel destinations based on your criteria: the airport you are flying from, the time of the year (even if it [...]

Last Wednesday, AltSearchEngines published an article written by Bastien Duclaux, CEO of Twenga – a European-based shopping engine – and entitled “Shopping Search Engines, The Next Generation“. To be frank, I don’t find the whole article really inspired, but there are a few interesting ideas (Emphasis is mine) : Consumers are now starting to make [...]

Read on Yahoo! Finance: LeGuide.com S.A. (Alternext – ALGUI), the leading independent publisher of Internet shopping guides in France and the fifth most popular in Europe*, announces the conclusion of an agreement for the future acquisition of the social shopping guide dooyoo as part of its strategic European development. The acquisition would not only strengthen [...]

I borrowed the title of this post from a great article entitled “We need a Wikipedia for data” written by Bret Taylor (emphasis is mine): I have come to realize how hard it is for a everyday programmer to get access to even the most basic factual data. If you want to experiment with a [...]

My trip to Aosta Valley was great despite the 4.5 rainy days out of 5… It had been difficult seeing the mountains surrounding the valley, and therefore it had not been a great hiking / photography experience. However, the visit of the typical villages, the spa of the hotel and the food were great ;) [...]

We spent a few days in the Aosta Valley, in Italy. Unfortunately, we got 4.5 days of rain out of 5. It had been difficult seeing the mountains surrounding the valley, and therefore it had [...]