All the articles of April, 2010

Google-Backed Pixazza Extends “AdSense For Images” To Home, Travel And Sports Sites http://bit.ly/bDrZBM # RT @siva_v_kumar: RubyBag.com – Become.com getting into one more business, deal of the day! # Design Patterns: Faceted Navigation http://bit.ly/9RIKjo #ux #userexperience # DriveK pretends to be like "Kayak or MoneySuperMarket but for new cars" with lead-gen biz model – http://bit.ly/bAWyVN [...]

This article is part of a series discussing what could be the perfect CSE for 2010. Following discussions on the core business of shopping engines (product search, product discovery, where to buy), I wanted to discuss the question of social interactions on CSEs… But after several weeks of thinking and numerous iterations of this article, [...]

Read on the GoodGuide corporate blog: […] we are rolling out a suite of new features, new pages, and a redesign of the website to create a simpler and more personal user experience. First, we are launching new and improved product, brand, company, and category pages. We have added content that users have been requesting [...]

Like.com Brings A Live, Glamour Magazine Trained Stylist To The iPhone http://bit.ly/9yqqij # Really interesting info at "Live Blogging from London – CSE panel at Catalyst UK." http://bit.ly/cAkpuM # Reboot: Puma and Yves Béhar Spend Three Years Designing Super-Green Shoebox – http://bit.ly/bWgZrP #design #green (via @fredcavazza) # An insider look at the Adobe CS5 branding [...]

BizRate improving its faceted navigation, Bing Shopping launching new features, Shopping.com tuning its header and search pages… These days, CSEs are busy improving their core business, and Twenga is doing the same by updating its search result pages. Quick review of the changes… Filtering The main change concerns the faceted navigation that is removed from [...]

From PCAdvisor: Ciao, the shopping comparison site that is integrated into Microsoft’s Bing search engine, is offering web users the chance to look at products on the site in 3D. The site is using Microsoft’s Photosynth technology, which stitches several images of the same scene or item together, allowing users to view the product or [...]

Bing has announced a new version of its US shopping engine (the European shopping section is still powered by Ciao!). Quick review of the changes… Product clustering on hard and soft goods While this is not in the announcement, it seems Bing has enabled product clustering on all product types, including hard and soft goods. [...]

WINEfindr is the world's first visual search enabled price comparison wine App for Apple iPhone – http://bit.ly/9cINz5 (via @dfbrule) # RT @mickeyjm: @slideshare Making Sense of UCD and Agile – http://bit.ly/zqnla #ux #userexperience #webdesign # Google Showing Shopping Results Without Explicit Search Intent? http://selnd.com/bvhEQp # Endeca discusses faceted trust http://bit.ly/dr8bJy and http://bit.ly/9VwtSM – inspiring articles [...]

Following its new site launched in November’09, BizRate has recently fined-tuned the user interface of its search result pages. The redesign is not available on all categories, but I’m currently able to see it on the Digital Camera pages. Quick review below… General The new layout uses a fluid design, as opposed to the fixed [...]

This article is part of a series discussing what could be the perfect CSE for 2010. In previous articles, I discussed the opportunity for CSEs to implement a true product search, using product clustering for both hard and soft goods; and explored how to improve browsing through those products. In this follow-up, I would like [...]

RT @Econsultancy: Showing competitors' prices online can work http://bit.ly/djb80b # Application Maps http://bit.ly/9tgdac #userexperience #ux #ui # Ex-Kelkoos (among others) to launch Keynoir, an innovative group-buying site – http://bit.ly/c1lQ3p # RT @Keynoir: @keynoir has launched! Today, you can save nearly 50% at a Michelin 2 Star restaurant http://ow.ly/1sw9y # NexTag Takes its Buyer Review System [...]