Who's going to win the one day deals challenge

Recently there has been a proliferation of one day deal websites, and now the big boys have entered the game. 

With the announcement of TradeMe entering the arena, that was bad enough for Grab One, but now GroupOn has staked a claim in this market. Surely the playing field is a little too cramped? So I would expect to see some contraction in the market place, and maybe one or two of these players disappearing all together.

If that wasn't bad enough, the monster that is Facebook has entered the game.

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How to add the Facebook Send Button

Facebook have just announced the 'Send' button for websites. This button allows content to be sent to personal friends and connections without posting on to your wall and for them to find it.

I'm yet to be convinced that this will create anymore engagement over the share and like buttons, but is certainly more personal.

Here is the code that you need to insert in to your website.

This is how it looks on your site

This is the functionality

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The potential influence of using Twitter

And the answer

A quick response was needed, but the trust factor was key. I'd chatted to him for a while and built up a level of trust in me that he felt comfortable enough to ask me for a recommendation.

 

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YouTube's share button options

Recently Youtube decided to upgrade its video share options panel. They have now decided that the 'Embed' feature should also be included under the share button.

When you click on the share button you are now faced, on the surface, with a limited number of platforms on which to share. I'm curious as to why they chose Bebo as a top share platform and not Twitter. 

It's not until you click on 'show more' that you get to see the other share options.

This would seem that YouTube still values Bebo as a platform with a bright future, and not the dinosaur that we all believed it was.

 

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What's wrong with Kindle and other e-readers

My voyeuristic nature isn't satisfied with electronic books. I find myself having to look at traditional books. Not to read but to look at what others are reading. We are all voyeurs, even those that hate to admit it. 

I want to see what others are reading, what book, magazine, or newspaper. I want to know what tribe they belong to, but I can't with e-books and Kindles. 

Now how would my experience change if the Kindle projected the cover of the publication on the back. This would make the experience for other more pleasurable, unless it was playboy or other smut!

Imagine being on public transport and spying what people were reading on their Kindle rather than just look over their shoulder.

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