Sep 21

Vevo’s website redesign simplifies the video watch page, adds artist pages

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Vevo's website redesign simplifies the video watch page, adds artist pages

Chances are you’ve enjoyed Vevo’s music video catalogue in one form or another, and purists who prefer .com access are being rewarded today with a fresh website design. The “video watch page” was previously littered with related clips, a playlist and other distractions, which have now been dispatched for greater focus on the tune at hand. Much of this has been moved to “artist pages”, a new pop-up hub (pictured above) which is full of extra info on your chosen act. Head over to Vevo to see the enhancements for yourself, and with impending OUYA support, you might want to consider it your primary dispensary for that daily dose of Biebzilla.

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Vevo’s website redesign simplifies the video watch page, adds artist pages originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 27

Facebook’s new Recommendations Bar pops up, just wants to be liked

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Facebook's new Recommendations Bar pops up, just wants to be liked

Facebook’s Recommendations Box sits passively on many websites, allowing us to engage or ignore as we see fit. But too much of the latter option has led to something slightly different: the new Recommendations Bar — a pop-up variant which, when integrated by your favorite page, plugs site-specific links based on your friends’ thumbs and shares. The Bar is similar to the in-house recommendation pop-ups we’re all familiar with, but adds a like button for posting the current page to your timeline. It shouts much louder than the Box, so it’s no surprise that in early tests the new plug-in produced a three-fold increase in click-throughs. In this case, privacy wasn’t an afterthought — Bar integration, like the Box, is at the site’s discretion and sharing pages is very much on your terms. Just try not to accidently hit that like button during your daily scan of Bieber’s homepage.

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Facebook’s new Recommendations Bar pops up, just wants to be liked originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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