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==Introduction== We have been asked for our thoughts on the recent redesign Ciao underwent to become part of Bing Shopping, and there have been some excellent reviews on the subject, particularly... more

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for Ciao Bing design (since Nov 2009)

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  • 127 of 127 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    karimkha

    4 Stars Just Powered by Bing? ~ No, Enhanced by Bing! Review with images 02/12/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages New search engine (Bing) is colourful and vivid with nice and fun to read info.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some features are still not working properly, Fewer reviews and a slower site.

    Stop the HATERS campaign and be supportive I made my mind up some months ago not to enter any kind of competitions because of certain reasons but I thought that this time I would make an exception, and write about the Ciao-Bing new design. Ciao introduced the “Bing” into Ciaoland over six months ago; quite honestly, I hadn’t heard about Bing nor seen it before so it was completely new to me, as I’m a “google” girl and haven’t been into “bing”-ing as of yet! I won’t talk about the Bing search engine or its home page as I believe ciao is organising a separate Product of the Week review (PoW) ... more
  • 145 of 145 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 torr

    Member since 29/08/2002

    Reviews written: 337

    1 Star These foolish Bings... remind me of Ciao Review with images 21/11/2009
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages For Bing perhaps, corporate branding

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Everything else for everyone else

    UPDATE (25th November 2009). This review was written twelve days after the launch of the new design, when much remained wrong with it, and following receipt of an email from Ciao singing the design's praises and asking for feedback in the form of reviews. I have considered amending it to reflect subsequent improvements, but I think there may be value in leaving it in its original form, to reflect the feelings of the time, as a reminder for when the next redesign is contemplated by Ciao. Ah, now I understand. Not applaud, nor even sympathise, but at least I understand what might have led Ciao ... more
  • 86 of 86 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Hishyeness

    Member since 09/03/2009

    Reviews written: 214

    1 Star How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Review with images 22/11/2009
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages A brilliant case study on how to lose friends & alienate people

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Excelling at incompetence is not really a virtue, despite what Ciao may think...

    INTRODUCTION Around a month ago, I answered an advert on the Community Page inviting members of Ciao to take part in a “Community Event”. My application was successful, and I was invited along to a marketing agency in London's Bloomsbury for a two hour session with five other Ciao users (some of which I recognised from their pen pics on this site). Apparently, the same exercise was being undertaken in Germany and, all-in-all, around sixty Ciao users were being canvassed for their views on proposed site changes across the UK & Europe. My first impression, on answering the call, was a positive ... more
  • 51 of 51 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 rosebud2001

    Member since 04/05/2009

    Reviews written: 424

    2 Stars A Redesign to Assist Cheats? 07/12/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Faster loading pages, easier navigation

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very badly implemented, danger the site is becoming a cheats' paradise

    Introduction We have been asked for our thoughts on the recent redesign Ciao underwent to become part of Bing Shopping, and there have been some excellent reviews on the subject, particularly in light of the fact the redesign clearly wasn’t properly tested before being implemented, leading to several weeks of confusion and sadly what seems to have been a mass exodus of good writers from the site. I am not going to describe every minute detail of the redesign – I fail to understand the need for reviews which do this and find them dull as dishwater to read. Clearly others disagree with me, but ... more
  • 70 of 70 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 donf18

    Member since 30/11/2000

    Reviews written: 808

    3 Stars Just ask 06/12/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages you decide

    Disadvantages Disadvantages you decide

    Twas the month before Christmas And all round the site There were moanings and groanings Something wasn’t quite right I hovered my mouse But I just could not see The ratings that Ciao Had said there would be I never complained I just plodded on Writing reviews Like nothing was wrong The formatting had gone Everything was frustrating And I still couldn’t see What members were rating Paragraphs of writing All muddled together It was making me feel So under the weather Then all of a sudden Ciao must have caught on The ratings returned But the formatting still gone I reviewed “My Ciaoing” Just to ... more

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