I was just having a look at thesaurus.com to look up some nice alertnative words for a project and I suddenly realised the volume of ad-related content on each page: - vertical display ad - horizontal display ad - MPU1 - MPU2 - Google adsense - ASK search bar (leading to ads) - ASK related searches... read more
Tags ask, display, google, MPU, search bar, thesaurus
Topic Business |
So I set up WP-o-Matic, a wordpress plugin, which auto blogs using RSS feeds. This has caused degrees of pain around the BView blog however with a little hacking it is becoming useful. In order to share what I did and help stop others from repeating my mistakes here are some tips to auto blogging: 1... read more
Topic Business |
Today we updated some more search functions to make our voucher search engine return better results. Not only will better results be seen on our voucher search engine (http://www.bview.co.uk/vouchers) but also via our voucher API (http://api.bview.co.uk). Here is a a quick overview of what we’... read more
Tags search, voucher search
Topic General |
Plotstar launched yesterday and it is an interesting fusion of social activity planning + discovery in the hyerlocal area. So, if you are going on a shopping trip with a couple of friends to Oxford street, Plotstar allows you to create a list of things you’d like to do including shops to visi... read more
Tags api, hyperlocal, offers, planning, plotstar
Topic Partners |
Bookingbug, the web booking service, has just exited their Beta phase and I am happy to say that we will be working with them to get vouchers created on the Bookingbug platform indexed and included within the BView distribution network and APIs. The beauty of the Bookingbug service is that their onl... read more
Tags bookingbug, online booking
Topic Product Updates |
Carter Ruck threatens BView about Interexec review We are committed to supporting good businesses that value their customers and treat them fairly: Vouchers from local businesses on BView are good for both businesses and customers– customers save money while supporting local businesses. And go... read more
Tags carter ruck, interexec, reviews
Topic General |
Last night we spent an enjoyable few hours at the London Technology Fund 2009 award ceremony where we picked up the category award for Information, Communications & Technology (or ICT). The LTF runs this competition on an annual basis with the aim being to help London-based tech startups by prov... read more
Tags awards, london technology fund, media equals, trojantec, zanran
Topic Announcements |
On Friday we released a great new feature: restaurant booking. OK, there are several restaurant booking services available so what makes our’s so different? Here are some features: - really simple, really easy to use interface - no registration required - we remember your details meaning fut... read more
Tags booking, offers, restaurant
Topic Announcements, Business, Features |
A quick interview between Brad and Mike on what BView is up to. It was filmed today at the Tech media invest 100 event being held at The Emirates stadium not that far away from silicon roundabout where we’re based. Interview located here. ... read more
Tags BView, techcrunch
Topic Uncategorized |
I am happy to say that the first two iPhone apps using the BView API are now live. First up is Local Sale Finder which is available to download here followed closely by London Offers (built by the good people from Rippll) which is available to download here. The BView API is free for anyone to ... read more
Tags api, geolocation, iphone, vouchers
Topic Announcements, Business, Product Updates |