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Offers.com Launches in the UK

October 18, 2010 By 1 Comment

Discounts and couponsUnlike the UK people in the USA are very used to using coupons and offers to get significant discounts for both on and offline shopping so when we heard that the leading American online coupons provider, offers.com was launching over here we thought we better do a review of their site for our readers – the web address is www.uk.offers.com

About The Website
For those people who already use discount sites the layout and functionality of the uk.offers.com site will be very familiar although they have a number of search and find options which we think makes them slightly different.

As a user you can select offers and discounts based on either the sort of offer you want (e.g. Travel) or alternatively select on the type of offer (e.g. free delivery or discount) This makes the site very easy to navigate around and find the best offer or coupon to use. The other thing that is slightly different about the site is that all the offers are available to a casual site visitor, they don’t require you to register first which we like, and they do have a weekly email so you can find out the latest deals directly to your in box.

What We Think
Overall we generally liked the uk.offers.com website as it was easy to use and doesn’t bombard users with pop up adverts, you go online and find the offer you want pretty quickly. Our best advice is that if you are looking to shop online in the future take a look at the site and see what they have – you may find that by using one of their smaller offer partners you make some significant money savings. As this is US owned and operated site we expect to see it becoming very popular as they bring discount shopping to the masses.

If you are interested in saving money or getting some great discounts we suggest you visit uk.offers.com for more information.

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Geomium.com – Location Based Social Networking

October 11, 2010 By 2 Comments

Location Based Social NetworkingGeomium is a brand new website that launched this week that aims to offer social networking based on where you in the country. The service, which has launched for the London region initially, is not just about connecting with existing friends but also for connecting with new people.

About the Website
As you would expect Geomium has gone live with mobile apps straight away meaning that everything is in the palm of your hand – it brings together a number of other location based social networking tools that have been launched by the major players recently (We don’t want to name them as they get plugged all the time).

Basically once you are logged into the site you can view things on a map or as a feed which shows things like events, discount deals locally, friends etc – by putting all these together users basically get everything they need – who is where and what are they doing.

What We Think
Because everyone is starting to push location based social networking we thought this may just be an “also ran” trying to compete with the big guys but in fact we found it very good so we are adding it to our top rated list for October – we know it’s only available in London at the moment but we are pretty sure that when the service extends it’s going to be picked up rapidly.

For more about location based social networking and to sign up visit Geomium.com

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Watch Video Recipe Demonstrations Online

October 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Free online recipe demonstrationsOne of our favourite hobbies in the office is food, from where to get your lunch to what will you be eating tonight, so when we were told about a really good website that from celebrity chef Simon Rimmer we thought it would be well worth putting together a review of eatthechef.com.

About The Website
Unlike many recipe or celebrity chef websites the first thing you notice about this one is that it is FREE … yippee no need to pay to subscribe. The site hosts video demonstrations of how to make each of the recipes and is subdivided into different sections from breakfast through to snacks so it is very easy to navigate around. One of the unique features about the site is that you can also upload your own recipes so if you are a budding celebrity chef you get to share your hints and tips with others on screen.

A feature which we thought was very useful was that once you have registered for free you can store the recipes you have watched and like in your “Kitchen” this means you get an easy to use reference point for later and can also comment on the recipes once you have given them a go.

What We Think
We thought eatthechef.com was a very good website as it was easy to use and the free registration process was very simple. The way the site displays video demonstrations means that even if you are a novice cook or just looking for something to impress your guests with anyone can have a go at the recipes On the downside spend more than ten minutes on the site and you are starving as some of the free recipes are simply delicious. Here at What’s Good On The Web we think this site just might have the making of a very good foodie social network – it has plenty of content and allows user interactivity throughout.

If you’ve got some time and are looking for some really good quality recipes we would suggest you visit eatcthechef.com and we’ve also added it to our top rated sites for this month.

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Website Review – Greatlocaloffers.co.uk

September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

As many of our readers know we have reviewed a number of discount websites recently all of which have been very good but often the offers available are for major online retailers rather than things that were available in your area therefore when we were told about greatlocaloffers.co.uk we thought we should put together a review of their website as they aim to deliver a more customised offers experience to their website visitors.

About The Website
When you first visit greatlocaloffers.co.uk you are asked to register and put in your postcode. Don’t be put off by this as this enables them to work out the offers in your area that are most suitable so that they can display them on the screen or on the weekly email they send out. Many of the offers are non exclusive but we found the site very useful last weekend as the offers were displayed in a very neat format with the distance to where the offer was available so we were able to get a discount on some wine.

What We Think
The site is very easy to use which is always a bonus as we see so many sites that are unnecessarily complex. As the site displays local offers we’ve put them on our top rated list for this month and we suggest you visit greatlocaloffers.co.uk for some good deals.

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Show Your Money A Little Love

September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Lovemoney WebsiteThere are numerous websites out there offering “good” financial advice but when you dig a little deeper you find that many of them are just looking to try and get you to sign up to the latest credit card or loan. When we came across Lovemoney we therefore thought it may be useful to dig a little deeper, see what they had to offer, and put together a review of the site as they are aiming to provide advice rather than sell more debt..

About The Website
The first thing you notice about Lovemoney is that the site asks you to register to access all the information and guides. Once you do it enables you to set personal goals and targets but more importantly does not try a flog you a credit card. We spent about an hour on the site looking over different areas and found the information and guides really useful. In addition to this users of the site are able to post their own hints and tips in each of the different sections.

What We Think
We really liked the site as it gives some very practical advice on managing your personal finances as well as displaying things in a very user friendly way. The numerous features mean that you can pick up advice on things you hadn’t even thought about from the best way to do your shopping through to some very nice “Frugal Recipes”.

 We’d recommend anyone to take a look at the Lovemoney site if they want to understand and develop their own moneysaving habits so that’s why we’ve added it to this month’s top rated sites.

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Find the Perfect Place to Dine Out in Your Town

September 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Independent review of toptableWe all know our local resturants but if you are like us we sometimes like to try somewhere a little different so when we were told about TopTable, a UK wide resturant search engine, we thought it may be worth putting together a quick review of their website as although it is well established not everyone knows about it.

About The Website
The concept behind toptable is very simple and easy to use, as a user you go to the site and enter the location and date that you want to go out for a meal. The system then presents you a list of resturants in the area that you selected. Each of the resturants has their own page and you can see what’s on the menu, location and any other relevant information. If you like the sound of it simply click on the button and they will do the table booking for you.

What We Think
Toptable is continually in development which is what we love about the site. They include customer reviews of other peoples experiences so you are not just booking cold so to speak, and as many resturants are now offering special deals you can even get alerts when they list a new deal which we thought was brilliant (especially when money is a little tight!!!).

If you are looking for somewhere different to dine out this weekend we’d suggest you visit Toptable, it’s a well organised website with lots of features. Whats more if you are a resturant owner it’s free to register your business and you could get some extra bookings.

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