Posts Tagged ‘recommendations’

It’s All About the View

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

By Noam Resehf, Community Manager at Sears Social

It’s not like we’re shallow – but this week is all about eye candy. A vanity post, if you will.

Last week we told you about the new banners on brand pages, controlled by the page admins. No sooner did we release this capability, than the admins started to go wild with it. Check it out and click on the images to see the brand pages themselves:

Lego Star Wars

 

HBO SopranosHoly brand, Batman

 

That’s not all, in the looks department. We streamlined the site, going for elegance and panache. The search box is leaner and lovelier, and the status box is flatter and better looking. Plus, you can now share a product directly from it!

 

Interested in anything else?

Two other major improvements combine better looks with better functionality. Click on a product you like, or own, or think about owning. The product page now has recommendations for other products you may be interested in, related of course to the one you’re browsing. Relevant, smart and adds color to the page.

Also, the quick view layer is now present in even more areas of the site, enabling you to interact with the product of your choice without too many clicks. Comfort and style folks. That’s us.

The Mobile Way

And on the mobile front: if you’re a Shop Your Way Rewards member – rejoice! From now on you can carry your member card in your iPhone. It’s just permanently there. Pick some items, show your mobile to the associate when you pay – and get some points. Nice and easy.

Interests, Ideas and More Recommendations

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

By Avishay Lavie, Software Engineer at Sears Social

All Your Interests in One Place

We semi-secretly launched Tags a while ago, and we think that following tags can be a significant part in the way you tailor your Sears Social experience to suit your personal taste. But for this to happen, we’ll need to give you a way to manage the tags you’re following.

This week’s release adds just that, in the form of a new page called “my interests”. This lets you track and manage the categories and tags you find interesting, and provides a quick way to remove the ones you added by mistake that night when you logged in drunk (don’t worry, we’re totally cool with that).

Ideas & Know-How from Manage My Life

We’re experimenting with a new kind of content on Sears Social, powered by ManageMyLife.com. This week we’ll be adding some ideas and know-how advice to the newsfeed, like this one:

Let us know what you think!

More Recommendations

Speaking of newsfeed, remember this?

What’s missing here? That’s right, more recommendation options!

Don’t sweat it; we got this. There you go:

You’re welcome.

More Cliques, Better Recommendations, Cooler Mobile

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

By Noam Reshef, Community Manager at Sears Social

Cliques: for Audiophiles, Cinephiles and People Who Jump From Roofs

We can’t seem to stop throwing new cliques your way. This week we’ve got ten brand new cliques catering to your varied fields of interest. For you people who think reality is way overrated we’ve got the sci-fi troopers and comic book collectors cliques. on the other hand, if you like to know what’s happening out there, why not join the political pundits clique? We also have new cliques for people who like to watch movies at home, folks who take their music listening seriously, parkour enthusiats and even a clique for you crazy clubbers out there. Check out our cliques to find the right one for you.

Coming Soon to Your iPhone:

Our mobile app keeps playing catch up with our website, gaining all the time: next week you’ll see featured video from sears.com in our app, find personalized recommendations for products that suit your tastes and needs, and be able to participate and answer our topic polls.

Recommendations Just Got Way Better

Can’t tell you how we did it, but you should be seeing recommendations that suit your tastes and needs more accurately than ever. Try searching for a product and sears social will offer you similar items that hit the mark. Let us know what you think.