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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Loved.by - Monetarize your product recomendations


Here we go with a new web service called Loved.by, created by two young German entrepreneurs, Oliver Krohne and Thorsten Singhofen.
Imagine you find a fantastic gadget on eBay and you want to share your finding with your friends on Facebook or Twitter. With Loved.by this can be done with just a click.

Loved.by is not only a great tool to share things, but a very nice way to get rewarded. If a friend of yours follows your recommendation and buys the product you "loved", you can obtain up to 10-15% of the sales generated by your recommendation. So, it's not a bad deal at all!

You can sign up with your Twitter or Facebook account, get the Loved.by bookmarklet into your browser and start loving products in the online shops you visit. More than 10.000 shops are already partnering with Loved.by. From clothes to toys and gadgets to books you can love almost everything.

On your Loved.by account dashboard you'll find the products you have recommended and rewards you gained through this system. Once you have reached the minimum payment amount (EUR 30.00 / USD 30.00 / GBP 30.00), you can redeem your rewards. Loved.by offers you basically two options now: donate your rewards to NGOs like Wikipedia, the Red Cross or Unicef, or cash in through Paypal or Moneybookers.

Our Beluga team took care of the internationalization of this great new service. It's now available in English, German, Spanish and French.

Check out their partner list and start loving... http://loved.by/partner

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Zara, search engines and SEO

Google search for "Zara" on September 2. 2010

Ok, this is really nice. I have just stumbled upon a Tweet about Zara, one of the worlds leading clothing companies, asking the followers to google for the company's name "Zara".
The first search entry reads:
"Aquí hay que poner una descripción que indexarán los buscadores y que se mostrará en sus resultados de búsqueda." (see screenshot)
(translation: A description is needed here that search engines can index and show in their search results)

No doubt, those guys understand about SEO... :)