All the articles of October, 2009

Oct 25, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25
RT @TheFind_UpFront: According to quantcast, thefind.com is now officially a top 100 website: http://www.quantcast.com/thefind.com. # Tough economy: focus on UI improvements to increase CTRs, even Google does it :) http://is.gd/4rd2F # RT @customerexplabs: (great article) –>Debunking the Myth of the Page Fold in Web Design – Webmonkey http://ow.ly/v2xU # RT @TheEcommercePro: Google Analytics "Inaccurate," Expert [...]
Oct 24, 2009 Belledonne - Lacs du Venetier - October, 24th 2009 - [17 photos]
First snow of the year. 10 to 15cm at 2200m where the Lacs du Venetier in Belledonne mountain range stand.
Oct 18, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18
RT @feedsmanagement: http://bit.ly/acL25 – Kelkoo Change Commercial Terms and Conditions for New and Existing Merchants # RT @iamandyclayton: Just got a cheque in the post from Kelkoo, and I thought cash back sites were a scam… £21:19 in the bank… Gratis! # RT @csestrategies: CSE Strategies Blog: Shopzilla EU Sites Mirror Bizrate Designs http://bit.ly/ElMk0 # [...]
Oct 14, 2009 TheFind relaunched as “buying engine”
While Bing advertises itself as a “decision engine” (should we understand “shopping engine”?), TheFind relaunches itself today as a “buying engine”. From the press release: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 14. TheFind today unveiled a first-of-its-kind “buying engine” that helps shoppers find everything they need to make smart purchase decisions. TheFind now integrates Product Search, Coupon [...]
Oct 13, 2009 About Google Chrome, Firefox and agile development cycle…
I’m using Google Chrome as my primary browser for a few months. Speed, simple, lean… Those are the words that come to my mind to explain why… Before Google, I was using Firefox… Slow, bloated, slow development cycle… Yes, that’s what I’m thinking about Firefox these days. A few years ago, I switched from Internet [...]
Oct 11, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11
Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns – http://is.gd/3VXsf # RT @sean_orourke @hnshah @davemcclure KILL a Feature Every Week: http://bit.ly/killafeature great counter-intuitive slide # Ask launching "deals/coupons" min-site inside its search – http://bit.ly/tEGT # RT @lihall: Was that really a year ago? TheFind has since hit profitability RT @TechCrunch http://bit.ly/1R5NrT # RT @CPCstrategy: We [...]
Oct 05, 2009 Follow-up on the new Pronto
In July, I wrote about the revamping of Pronto. Since then, the shopping engine has improved its new version: from a branding / marketing / product perspective, I find this is one of the most appealing CSEs available today. Here are some quick notes about the changes I have spotted. New home page To introduce [...]
Oct 04, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04
RT @danielbroche: Discounteo lance la notation écologique des produits electromenager avec Hop-cube http://twurl.nl/040z56 # RT @csestrategies: CSE Strategies Blog: New Google Product Search Merchant Center and Merchant Blog http://bit.ly/2l3yFx # Discovered Crate&Barrel site: great B&W design, color only for products, interesting details (i.e: search box) http://is.gd/3MSsO # PowerReviews launches social media tools for brands: http://bit.ly/1IEypo [...]
Oct 04, 2009 Lac de la Coche / Pointe du Sciallet - October, 3rd 2009 - [16 photos]
Yet another perfect autumnal day!! How lucky we are this year: September was perfect, and October starts very well. This day, I went to the Lac de la Coche and above it, went near the [...]
Oct 02, 2009 New shopping features by Yahoo! and Google: an answer to Bing?
Sure, the title of this post is misleading as it takes weeks or months for those big players to define, test and deliver such features on their search engines. That those recently announced shopping-related (and quite similar) features appear in a very similar timeline only shows how their product strategies are aligned: better understand the [...]