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9 Replies Last post: Feb 25, 2008 2:35 PM by dlake  
Click to view kellie's profile Community Manager 3,385 posts since
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Feb 14, 2008 3:59 PM

New PC World Shopping Section -- Beta!

We've just launched a beta version of our new Shopping (Shop & Compare) section. It is located at http://www.pcworld.com/shopping/

Please visit, poke around, and let us know what you think! We are looking for general feedback as well as specific bugs and issues. Do you think it's easier to find stuff? Do you think that it is arranged in a good way? Does it give you what you are looking for?

Please post your comments, observations, bugs, and thoughts here. We take your feedback seriously and are eager to hear what you think (and make changes based on what you think)!


Kellie Parker | Online Community Manager | PC World
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Click to view techie4fun's profile Old Hand 1,989 posts since
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1. Feb 14, 2008 4:09 PM in response to: kellie
Re: New PC World Shopping Section -- Beta!

A shopping store? OH MY GOSH YOU READ MY MIND!!! :)

Very cool except that your Software link says dead page. You guys are probably still working on things so that may not be up, but if it's suppoesd to be up, I just reported a bug ;)


Anyway :)

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2. Feb 14, 2008 4:14 PM in response to: kellie
Re: New PC World Shopping Section -- Beta!

Wow, the PCWorld Shopping Section is awesome! I looked around and found things are easy to check out and get info on. The pictures are clear, the information is pretty complete, and the ads are not intrusive at all.

http://forums.pcworld.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2446/phobu%2Cthumbsup2.gif

Great job, Kellie and PCWorld!

http://forums.pcworld.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2443/phobu%2Cclapping%2Cslow.gif

It was a good "window shopping" experience for me.


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4. Feb 14, 2008 4:21 PM in response to: kellie
Re: New PC World Shopping Section -- Beta!
Ah, now the Software section is working http://forums.pcworld.com/images/emoticons/grin.gif Not sure what caused that. It would have been http://www.pcworld.com/shopping/browse/category.html?id=10211 that I clicked on before that came up with the dead link.

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5. Feb 14, 2008 10:18 PM in response to: kellie
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This is good for looking up stuff and looking at average ratings


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6. Feb 15, 2008 10:06 AM in response to: kellie
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As far as i know , this isnt a new service , then y r u saying it a beta ? Any major change ? I had earlier also used PCW shop n compare and its engine is synchronised with pricegrabber .The link in this thread leads to a slightly different page with changes interface. Its looking better.
I have a small concern regarding shop and compare and i think its not worth a new thread so i ll put it here. I had added a user review to a product around 5 months ago, now when i go to edit /update the review ,the service has no options for it (only option to add new review). Any solutions ?
here is the link : http://www.pcworld.com/product/userreviews/prtprdid,7711107/userreviews.html .


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8. Feb 23, 2008 2:08 PM in response to: kellie
Re: New PC World Shopping Section -- Beta!
A site like this is only as good as its search engine.
Search works good, search filter works good.
Well laid out, easy enuff for my Monkey Man to navigate.
Loads fast enuff. Some of the sites that get linked to load a as fast as a slug, but thats not your fault, if they load like slugs they will never get my money.

ALSO
It would be nice if it would link to a few Canadian outlets too, you could just have a small red Maple Leaf after the seller's Icon to indicate a Canuck joint.
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9. Feb 25, 2008 2:35 PM in response to: snorg
Re: New PC World Shopping Section -- Beta!

Thanks everyone for your feedback up to this point. It has been helpful and generally positive, which makes us feel good about launching this for you. We'll continue to tweak the shopping section over the coming weeks, so please let us know if you see anything confusing, broken, or just not working how you would expect. Thanks.

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