Category “Misc”

• Aug 22, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

  Doubleclick Founder's New Search Engine [FindTheBest] Powered By – Gasp – Humans http://bit.ly/cgqK4f # "Google To Acquire Like.com" http://bit.ly/9VVSKT More than technology, it seems Google is after innovative shopping sites… # Top Google Chrome Shopping Extensions http://bit.ly/atan2c # Google: "The thing that makes newspapers so fundamentally fascinating — that serendipity — can be calculated now" [...]

• Aug 15, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

  "Please, let me redesign your airline for you" http://bit.ly/cFz2sw # RT @ssacard: IATV: Great article: "Planning Your UX Strategy" by Renato Feijó http://bit http://j.mp/a0sW9O # Jeff Bezos On Amazon’s Fashion Strategy http://bit.ly/cPNdl2 # "A Powerful Analytics Tip Every Website Should Employ" http://bit.ly/cwOZWX Obvious but well described # Kelkoo, Appliances Online, Wikipedia win white goods searches [...]

• Aug 08, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

  The Coupon Network: Everything You Need To Know About The Web’s Hottest Business Model http://bit.ly/b5UVkq # I really like the "Lightbox" tool on Pixmac.com. Could work well on a shopping site… http://bit.ly/aAmCkI (via @dfbrule) # DoubleClick Founder Launches Structured “Decision Engine” FindTheBest.com http://selnd.com/9yRKcc # The camera lens comparator of FindTheBest.com is pretty good : what [...]

• Aug 01, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

  For Travel Planning, Search Engines May Not Be Your Best Destination http://selnd.com/aRud00 # “If Information Arch. is the spatial side of information, I see content strategy as the temporal side of the same coin” http://bit.ly/brsduu # Yelp Gears Up To Take On Groupon, Starts Testing Local Deals http://bit.ly/c0upws # Kaboodle’s PopPicks: One part Gilt, One [...]

• Jul 25, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

  Bing Cashback: Don’t Leave Your Piggybank On The Table http://bit.ly/95wFkv # RT @TechCrunch WeShop Blends Q&A With Purchase Data To Socialize Shopping History # Faceted Navigation: Typical Structures for Values http://bit.ly/bjxP9R #ux #userexperience # Universal Search: A Huge Opportunity For European SEMs http://selnd.com/aojZtw # apnoti.com – the new social shopping portal! http://bit.ly/bE8iUt # Soap.com and [...]

• Jul 18, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

  Reflecting on the Demise of Bing Cashback Shopping http://bit.ly/cHSeJ2 # Extractiv Launches "Semantics as a Service" Platform http://bit.ly/bA2XKu # What If Customer Experience Has No ROI? (Part 2) http://bit.ly/cYIfPM # sounds interesting… RT @jaymyers: reading about mahout http://bit.ly/kPEzQ – Introducing Apache Mahout # RT @theystolemynick: ces symboles standards utilisables pour remplacer des icônes texte : [...]

• Jul 11, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

  The $700 Million Travel Search Deal And Google’s Shift In Strategy http://bit.ly/9XQoBr # Google Offers Mobile Payment with Chrome Checkout Extension http://bit.ly/aC7Mqf # Customer Experience Leaders Make A Difference http://bit.ly/cCR8vY # RT @ChAdvisorUK: NYT: Twitter Gets Into E-commerce: http://nyti.ms/bWWhgZ # RT @dordav: Blog: The Semantic Web and Retail http://goo.gl/fb/9gE24 #facebook #google #rdfa #bestbuy #goodrelations #ontology [...]

• Jul 04, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

  Making Sense of China’s 100 Groupon Clones http://bit.ly/cyqMuL # RT @csestrategies: Google Adds Variant Navigation to Product Search Pages http://bit.ly/9O9kKh # RT @GoogleRetail: See the 10 best brands at building customer relationships: http://ow.ly/24o5b # RT @digimindci: #SEO tips to help your #CI http://ow.ly/24mJA # RT @nicolastorzec: Google can now "parse and understand some JavaScript" to [...]

• Jun 27, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

  RT @mccartneyproj: Announcing The Paul McCartney Project http://bit.ly/cQtXEk #music #mccartney # RT @CharlotteO_o: On the train to Hampden. The train is filled with Beatles fans and we're all singing All You Need Is Love (And Paul Mc … # RT @siva_v_kumar: TheFind Overtakes Yahoo! Shopping to Become the #2 Shopping Search Engine http://bit.ly/c2zp03 # RT [...]

• Jun 20, 2010 Announcing “The Paul McCartney Project”

  As hinted a few weeks ago, the last 5 months have got me busy on two personal projects. One of them is shopping-related and I will talk about it quite soon ; the other one as you have guessed is about music. When you become fan of an artist, you want everything: the official albums [...]

• Jun 20, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20

  RT @the_scrum: Want to appear on the new Testimonials page http://bit.ly/aPVcMp ? Contact us #agile #scrum # RT @the_scrum: New 0.7 release coming soon : burndown chart improvement, new configuration assistant for sprints and more… # Will Google downshift on Checkout for PayPal? http://bit.ly/bhAnjx # IRCE presentation from Channel Advisor http://bit.ly/9wqe7h – I like slide [...]

• Jun 13, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13

  RT @BenjaminRezzak: Bing says goodbye to cashback http://is.gd/cDWAY # « Bon et alors ? … C’est quoi ce logiciel mystère ?? » http://bit.ly/9fPZUf # Bing's 'no cashback' letter to merchants http://bit.ly/aB8Duz # Amazon Didn’t Miss the Boat on Social Commerce, It Built It http://bit.ly/cPTnsF # Google Product Search adds visuals to its homepage – http://bit.ly/11EoWO # Zappos [...]

• Jun 06, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06

  Did Amazon Miss The Boat On Social Commerce? http://bit.ly/cMdh0E # RT @the_scrum: Make opinionated software http://bit.ly/brqZYe #agile #userexperience # RT @Green_Friendly: Kelkoo: Price main barrier to consumers going green http://bit.ly/aUoX7r # Shop It to Me Gets New Look, Back Engine and Soon Expands to New Categories http://bit.ly/c5E600 # Fits.me Launches – eCommerce Sites, Take Notice! [...]

• May 30, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

  RT @danielbroche: Un bug de prix chez Zappos et hop: 1.6M$ de perte en quelques heures. ça arrive aussi aux meilleurs http://bit.ly/blfLnF # RT @fredwilson: The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering http://bit.ly/b7R9fV (via @TheUpGroup) # Amazon formally announces new Webstore (Vitamin C) http://bit.ly/9DTJOg # Five Star Hotels At Motel Prices: Off & Away [...]

• May 24, 2010 Back to work

  After a 4-months break due to a ski accident, I’m back to work tomorrow, and feeling relieved… I have recovered most of my capacities: I’m able to walk again and do the common tasks at home or in the normal life (like driving a manual gear car :) ). I still need a few months [...]

• May 23, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23

  Going Global: Groupon Buys European Clone Citydeal http://bit.ly/cB1von # TheFind adds Facebook Connect and Facebook module on its homepage – http://bit.ly/HyHCU # RT @the_scrum: "Things I learned at Agile Up To Here" http://bit.ly/audIGB #agile #userexperience # Write Killer Email That Gets Action http://bit.ly/a4piF5 # Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes vs. L'Oreal Telescopic Explosion – splurge or save? http://bit.ly/ccctgv [...]

• May 16, 2010 DriveK, a new platform for cars buying

  From TechCrunch Europe in April 2010: DriveK says it isn’t just a new car configuration platform. The site, officially launching today at GeeknRolla, says “it’s like Kayak or MoneySuperMarket but for new cars and light commercial vehicles”. Explaining the company’s model to the day’s first start-up panel, the company’s CEO Marco Marlia told the conference: [...]

• May 16, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16

  Yahoo Japan And China’s Taobao Announce Cross-Border E-Commerce Tie-Up http://bit.ly/9tqZkp # Local Search Site Center’d Launches New Engine For Deals http://bit.ly/bOtboR # RT @inventorspot Blippy & Swipely Push The Boundaries Of Social Networking Privacy http://bit.ly/91tLbX # "Product should be a dictatorship. Not consensus driven" The Digg example: http://tcrn.ch/cyg3fx # Blippy Swipes Back At Swipely With [...]

• May 09, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09

  A TC Teardown: What Makes Groupon Tick http://bit.ly/c7rlIy # CSE Boot Camp: A beginner’s guide to the Comparison Shopping Engines http://bit.ly/9DSAeJ # RT @digimindci: Top Industries: What Are The World’s Largest Retailers? (infographic) http://bit.ly/aj5LzS # Levi’s Social Shopping: The Shape of sCRM Things To Come http://bit.ly/azSwnM # Integrating Google Ad Words and Google Product Search [...]

• May 02, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-02

  I wonder how much this UI mistake is costing Spotify? http://bit.ly/d5yYSW #userexperience #ux # RT @siva_v_kumar: RT @SutherlandGold: PC World Names Top 10 Shopping/Travel Sites …. TheFind leads the pack! http://tinyurl.com/2dcnvzt # Just discovered Measy, followed the shopping assistant for DSLR, and well the results were just perfect…. Impressed. http://bit.ly/4EQmiN # RT @danielbroche: New post: [...]

• Apr 25, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-25

  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 [...]

• Apr 18, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18

  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 [...]

• Apr 11, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-11

  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 [...]

• Apr 04, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-04

  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 [...]

• Mar 28, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-28

  PriceGrabber provides IE8 extensions for "deal of the day" and right-click search from any page – http://bit.ly/bAGlip (via @PriceGrabber) # I just played the @hunch twitter predictor game at http://hunch.com/games/twitter-predictor. Check it out! # Fits.me – virtual fitting room for online retailers – http://bit.ly/9DDb2V (via @Capitaine) # Google Testing Hotel Prices In Google Maps http://bit.ly/ccWhBG [...]

• Mar 21, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-21

  RT @siva_v_kumar: Launched: for merchants – TheFind product data feed + merchant center http://bit.ly/TheFind_feed #ecommerce # PowerReviews Lands $6 Million To Power Customer Reviews For Retailers http://bit.ly/c6o1NP # RT @the_scrum: theSCRUM 0.55 is now available for download – http://bit.ly/922shV #scrum #agile # RT @Econsultancy: Shopping.com: iPhone app review http://bit.ly/bDVMXp # Shoppers go green 'to impress [...]

• Mar 14, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14

  Week-end over… Time to go back to the medical center for the week :( # Better Mobile Form Design http://bit.ly/ai50KH #userexperience # CheapTweet Wades Through the Sea of Tweet Deals http://bit.ly/9oRRJM # RT @mickaelfroger: Lengow inclut les comparateurs de prix Voyages dans sa solution http://goo.gl/L9cJ # Presentation of TheFind extended data feed structure at http://bit.ly/cmSLJU [...]

• Mar 07, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

  Numeric Filters: Issues and Best Practices – http://bit.ly/dDvwXA – #userexperience # FastMall – Think Foursquare-meets-Yelp for shopping malls. http://bit.ly/9v8gkQ # InvisibleHand – Firefox and Chrome plugins to get the lowest price – http://bit.ly/9tHYay # (FR article) PureShopping wants to be a product comparison rather than a price comparison tool – http://bit.ly/9TpO3p (via @mickaelfroger) # phpFlickrSynch: [...]

• Feb 28, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

  The Gifts Project leverages the social graph for real gift giving – http://bit.ly/cPSdV8 # RT @csestrategies: BizRank: BizRate Product Ranking in Search Results http://bit.ly/c1nhDU # Amazon.com Most Trusted Brand in U.S. http://bit.ly/c4HMAl # Good video demonstrating Google Shopper on Android – http://bit.ly/c0m34q (via @donkey20) # Vouchercloud – local discount vouchers delivered straight to the iPhone [...]

• Feb 21, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

  Why Google and Other Humans Don't Read Your Book Reviews http://bit.ly/bEoXdi # Windows Phone 7 looks impressive in terms of UI; hopefully can be connected on non-MS services (i.e:Flickr) – http://bit.ly/d6UpXe # "Facebook has passed [...] Google to become the top source for traffic to major portals like Yahoo and MSN" http://bit.ly/aX6Fig # RT @lihall: [...]

• Feb 14, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

  Browse Is The New Black http://bit.ly/cpstbc #userexperience # Two nice articles about when using faceted navigation or not: http://bit.ly/9BVU5P and http://bit.ly/8YdKaF #userexperience # Parisian love from Google during Superbowl TV ads – http://bit.ly/doRAiY # The recently launched Endeca blog already have some really inspiring articles about search – http://bit.ly/cx5XDa #userexperience # Damned… Right arm broken [...]

• Feb 07, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

  Upcoming "Google Store View" – is this serious? http://selnd.com/dalbTo # for non-US-based folks, TVgorge is awesome – all US TV shows in streaming – http://bit.ly/aBzjUv #

• Feb 04, 2010 An unexpected pause

  Two weeks ago… It had snowed quite a lot the day before, and the sky was perfect blue; it seemed a good time to take a half-day off and go snowboarding at Les 7 Laux, the closest ski resort where I live… Indeed, the first hours of the day were perfect ; A+ if I [...]

• Jan 31, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

  thks all for the kind msgs. Surgery done but pain is awful… # Getting better: pain ok, reeducation starting… #

• Jan 24, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

  Pimping up my site by removing fat and adding some colors among the shades of grey (i.e: http://bit.ly/7DL7ON and http://bit.ly/6T11dk ) # Didn't realize Google Product Search was available in CN (see http://bit.ly/84yXiv ), KR, DE as well as US and UK. # Hearst’s Social Shopping Site Kaboodle Gets A Realtime Makeover – http://bit.ly/86BXC0 # [...]

• Jan 17, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

  Yahoo Shopping US outsources its backend to PriceGrabber !!! http://bit.ly/7khS0b (via @dyn4mik3) # RT @csestrategies: Yahoo Shopping Announces Partnership with PriceGrabber – http://bit.ly/6KbQ1Z # RT @abtests: How long should your Google Website Optimizer test take? – http://perf.us/187 #abtests # New product pages on Kelkoo: http://bit.ly/54Ryy7 (lighter design, voucher integration, adjusted offer display) # http://bit.ly/7IulgD Very [...]

• Jan 14, 2010 Building a competitive intelligence tool using RSS and WordPress

  How many people in your company are reading blogs or articles that are related to your industry? Imagine if those people could easily share relevant articles with all other employees; and if those articles could easily be organized and classified… You could transform those individual initiatives into a powerful competitive intelligence tool. More than one [...]

• Jan 10, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10

  RT @lloydgprice: http://www.extrabux.com Comparison Shopping with Cash Back and Coupons # Talking about niche CSE? Try this new french shopping engine for plus-size fashion http://bit.ly/77HLBm # More Smartphone Users Now Use Their Phones to Shop Online http://bit.ly/78Z23V # Hotel reputation management service ReviewPro has big international plans http://bit.ly/8jBbl8 # How to run a meeting like [...]

• Jan 06, 2010 How to (better) track browser usage through Google Analytics

  Of the importance of browser usage analysis It is common practice when designing a new site to decide which browsers to target: the product manager must define which browsers are used by the targeted audience, while the development team has to cope with the different behaviors of those browsers. The support of web standards has [...]

• Jan 03, 2010 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-03

  The quality of Google Chrome extensions is awesome considering the youth of Chrome 4.0. I.E: bit.ly extension http://bit.ly/5bzA2t # A positive analysis of the upcoming decade for product managers – http://bit.ly/4qRT0Z – cannot agree more! # M-Commerce is getting exciting! eBay: 1.5M items purchased via mobile this holiday http://bit.ly/8KOJWM RT @VentureBeat @royr @danielbroche # New [...]

• Jan 01, 2010 2009 in review

  Even if today is January 1st (by the way, happy 2010 to all of you :) ), I think it’s still time to look back at 2009, isn’t it? Here are a few professional and personal notes for 2009… The product that influenced me the most: Twitter I’ve started using Twitter in March, and since, [...]

• Dec 27, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-27

  RT @michaelslevy: Navandising: Merchandising in Navigation http://bit.ly/5Zudhq # RT @JosianLondon: With 6.7M unique visitors in November, Shopzilla is now the number one shopbot in France! # Giddi Makes Product Comparison Dead Simple http://bit.ly/6nLjC2 # Local Deals: The First European Groupon Copycats Hit The Market http://bit.ly/5E1Fy9 # The 6 Dimensions of Social Commerce: Rated and Reviewed [...]

• Dec 20, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-20

  Yunite launches as a social network for bargains http://bit.ly/4JTadr # RT @singlefeed: importance of google merchant center data feed: http://bit.ly/8dj6MQ #ecommerce # Kelkoo predicts tomorrow will be ‘Panic Saturday’ http://bit.ly/7ryC6D #

• Dec 13, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13

  RT @siva_v_kumar: RT @retrevo: News: Retrevo Expands Partner Network w/ Ask.com PriceGrabber.com and TheFind http://bit.ly/4Zlpt4 # Comparide, a niche price comparison site for winter sports, nice :) http://www.comparide.fr/ # How Google Will Infiltrate the Real-World: Mobile Coupons, Barcodes, and Visual Search http://bit.ly/5VOhwy # "Combining inventory feeds of local stores and product search will be offered [...]

• Dec 06, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06

  Google introduces Checkout Deals for Cyber Monday – http://bit.ly/7m0mDC # Cyber Monday: 5 Tips for Finding the Best Deals http://bit.ly/8JjLl7 # http://www.cybermonday.fr/ Funny to see a CSE in France going after Cyber Monday :) # Designing Superior Shopping Experiences http://bit.ly/6ZvUUG # Mind the gap http://bit.ly/7spi70 (about brands and user experience) # Sad conclusion: "This company [...]

• Nov 29, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

  Reports: Bing Gains Among Retailers, At Local Level Too http://bit.ly/07IaILj # Google Product Search Gets Review Summaries & Big Picture “Gallery” View http://bit.ly/07tCrwW # Is Bing Cashback Costing Users Money? Sometimes, Yes http://bit.ly/6W4iPM # RT @siva_v_kumar: WOOT launches new deals site to compete with slickdeals, dealnews, etc.. http://bit.ly/8LkUH5 # RT @dyn4mik3: Google products rolling out [...]

• Nov 22, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

  Google testing paid inclusion in Product Search – http://bit.ly/4GiOiL # RT @szpublisher: bizrate redesigned and looking pretty rad http://bit.ly/3C9KlV # New BizRate US launched; quite different from the AB test spotted last week (http://bit.ly/U27qM). Means another post is in the works :) # RT @asorense: Bizrate wins the award for biggest search box among CSEs! [...]

• Nov 15, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-15

  RT @lloydgprice: Comparethebazaar.Com Product Price Comparison India – Shopping … http://bit.ly/bRuit # RT @siva_v_kumar: New grid of Product Search results on top of Google organic results – more free clicks to retailers http://pic.gd/e712d7 # http://bit.ly/3f9ZFf ShopStyle is using horizontal scrolling for products ; interesting, but a bit weird when using the scroll wheel… # 35 [...]

• Nov 08, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-08

  About AdWords Comparison Ads: RT @Econsultancy: Google pulls the trigger, gets into lead gen http://bit.ly/4GlvqZ # Full Xmas event launched in Kelkoo Denmark – http://bit.ly/2pktKc – other countries to follow… yes, Xmas is coming fast :) # RT @danbarbata: RT @FindWAtt: Reviewing Easy2 Technologies Product Selector http://ow.ly/yG21 # "1-click compare" from Amazon – AMZN launching [...]

• Nov 01, 2009 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

  Quite happy with the revamped faceted navigation introduced on Kelkoo today – http://is.gd/4EEQN # RT @KelkooUK: Kelkoo Christmas has launched! Get some gift ideas: http://bit.ly/2DCJwx # Twenga eager to launch sites in Canada, Turkey, Asian markets according to http://bit.ly/1c1xTq (french article) # http://bit.ly/31j3T7 French tech firms which raised over €1 million in 2009 # Google [...]