it looks good, but instead of "picture available", I want to see the actual picture in the search results.
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#22Perhaps automatically filters to sane prices? If you search for iphone 3gs, first few pages are all really cheap (either accessories or have some catch associated with them), not particularly useful unless specifically requested.
This is typically because of eBay links, where the current bid is still $1.
As far as the outrageously high prices go (iPhones costing $4 million dollars and the like), I'm writing a formula to help get rid of those.
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#23it looks good, but instead of "picture available", I want to see the actual picture in the search results.
Interesting suggestion.
Oompa, what do you think?
My initial concern would be the page getting overly cluttered with photos, or the load time taking too long.
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#24A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, open the script in the debugger, or let the script continue. Script: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.js:... --- Why are the results loaded through javascript? can't they just be rendered server side? I like the name.
It looks like the results are being loaded with independent ajax requests to each product database. If this was just all done server side, you'd have to wait until all of these requests finished loading instead of having them appear on the page incrementally. Most people don't want to wait 10 seconds for a page to load.
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#25I would like to see thumbnail images. Ideally, as many as possible in a grid with prices. The hard part browsing craigslist for me is clicking through to see listings/products with images. The UI seems more optimized for non visual browsing (e.g. airplane tickets).
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#26The biggest complaint I have about your site is that with a standard qwerty layout, the entire domain is typed with the right hand except two letters (b and the c in com). Maybe something easier to type? :P
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#27Definitely a good product. Google ads grab my attention right away - if there's a way to make them blend in to the page, it would be cool.
You should try for individual sponsors rather than Google ads. Otherwise, the idea is neat, and wish you all the best.
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#28When showing the search results display either "picture available" or "picture unavailable", but not both. The absence of one implies the presence of another. Also, it's unlikely that people will be searching for items that do not have pictures, so the two respective checkboxes on the left can be safely collapsed into one - "only with picture(s)".
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#29Nice use of ajax. The site feels very responsive.
Buuut I have to type in my zip code every single time? I'm too lazy (srs). You could always tie it to the session? The next step is to get hold of a geo-ip database.
In Camino, the "look!" button on the homepage is blank. You should use a button tag instead of an input tag. In fact, the whole header is broked in Camino.
The page headers look clickable, but aren't. Same with the table header on the list of blog posts.
Why are there separate electronics, computers, cell phones, and video games sections sections? Same with home and furniture. And wtf are events? You should add a better default category than "Apparel".
On the homepage, the "Just type in the product..." copy looks dense and misplaced. The copyright notice seems lost as well.
Definitely add photos if legally possible.
Haha that's plenty. Good luck guys!
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#30You shouldn't require users to select category, that extra step is a huge pain in the ass for the user.
Overall its a decent looking site, but there are a ton of sites that do the same exact thing.
You need to figure out a way to differentiate yourself from all the other scrapers.