Last week, Hitwise released new data on the increasing popularity of online question-and-answer sites, such as Yahoo Answers, the market leader.  While Yahoo Answers has seen its market share drop from 94% to 74% due to the growth of competing Q&A sites like WikiAnswers, Answerbag.com, and Amazon.com's Askville,  U.S. traffic to Q&A sites overall more [...]

There are 8 days left until the $100 discount to the Bazaarvoice Social Commerce Summit expires. This savings deadline is next Friday, March 28. We're seeing registrations filling up (limited to 200 attendees), so we want to send a reminder to clients who subscribe to our blog. Register now at www.socialcommercesummit.com!
Who's coming?
Executives and [...]

I've been 'social network' connected to Ashley Friedlein, CEO for Econsultancy, for years. We've exchanged emails as ecommerce professionals when I was managing Dell.com. Now, as Bazaarvoice accelerates our growth in the UK, it was great to get to know Ashley and his firm better on a recent visit to the UK. It's amazing what [...]

by Jonathan Wolf, Product Manager, Bazaarvoice
I recently saw a Subway ad congratulating Jared “Jared from Subway” Fogle.  It’s been 10 years since Jared now-famously lost almost 250 pounds by eating his self-crafted “Subway diet". That got me wondering how this story came to light in the first place.

According to Jared’s page on Wikipedia, [...]

Yesterday, our CMO, Sam Decker, was interviewed on ClickZ by someone I greatly respect, Shane Atchison, co-founder of ZAAZ.  The interview is worth reading if you would like to learn more about our expansion and strategy.  We now have 6 solutions in 20 international languages across 12 industry verticals with over 200 employees working in [...]

By Luke Iseman, Partnerships Director 
U2 is a great band, but far too many ecommerce experiences make me recall their 1987 chart-topper, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." Even at leading online retailers, it’s often way too hard for me to find the information I need to move from browsing to buying.
At Bazaarvoice, [...]

User-generated content is radically transforming retail.  Wal-Mart launching walmart.com/ratings as the new method of shopping, and promoting it via their in-store receipts and shelf fact tags is radically customer-centric.  Best Buy launching bestbuy.com/topratedcameras as the new call to action in their circulars, along with featured customer review excerpts, is just as radical.  Why "radical"?  Because [...]