Open Web Awards: Social Shopping

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Open Web Awards: Social Shopping

by Brad Linder Dec 12th 2007

Cute shoes. Where did you get them? What do you mean you don't know where the store is? Oh, you got them from an online store.

OK, well who told you about the web site? What do you mean, you don't know? Oh, really. You found another web site where users get to submit and vote on product deals and you just followed the link. So what you're saying is that a committee of people you've never met before essentially got together and helped you find the best place to buy your shoes. Cool. We wonder if that would work for things like computers, video games, cars, books, and pretty much anything else.

One of the things that sets Web 2.0 stores apart from their predecessors is the social layer. Whether you're talking user recommendations, ratings, or reviews, the data you can find in the comments section of many online stores is often more valuable than the official descriptions. What's your favorite shopping site with a social bent?

You are voting for your favorite Application or Widget in the Open Web Awards, a distributed contest to find the best sites on the web. The top three sites in this category will proceed to the final round starting December 17th, and there will be an awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco on January 10th, 2008.

Category: Social Shopping

Sponsors:
Cohn & Wolfe PR & Mashable
Web Poll by Vizu

Tags: Open Web Awards, OpenWebAwards

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

zabaroptik said 9:59AM on 1-08-2008

I am surprised that http://www.dealbundle.com did not qualify to make this list.

Just curious as I use deal bundle every couple of days and found it be a great source for shopping and sharing deals with other people in the community.

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