Click to reveal is the burning question all code site owners, networks, merchants and non-code affiliates have at the top of their agenda at the moment.
Since the Expo there seems to be a consensus that Click to Reveal code sites are going to be outlawed in the short to medium term.
The interim position seems to be click to reveal is OK so long as there is a valid code but it's not a good place to be.
After the a4u Expo we burnt the midnight oil changing DCTV from a click to reveal site to "Hover to reveal code and click to copy code and visit site" which we think is best in class at the moment.
This method adds value to the visitor (because the code is copied to their clipboard which saves writing it down or remembering it) and it's not a forced click - the visitor is free to decide whether this convenience is worth the click or not.
Share your thoughts...
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Do You Want Your Code Site Listed?
Comment to this post telling me:
- Your code site URL
- How your codes are displayed (freely displayed, click to reveal etc)
- Unique features your code site offers
Code Sites Is Live
There are currently so many issues surrounding code sites I thought I'd put this site together partly to clarify the issues for myself and partly to give everyone the opportunity to disagree with me - shock horror!
In the codes niche I currently have a dedicated discount codes site which uses what I believe to be "best in class" hover to reveal code and click to copy code to clipboard and visit site technology, CantBarsed.com which is a shopping directory which also features promotional codes which are freely displayed for our visitors to cut and paste and I also have voucher-codes.co.uk which is an icodes site. Icodes has definitely made it possible for everyone to have their own code site which is really cool and the way it uses a shared database is a great idea.
Codes are no longer a niche, it's mainstream media news and the downside for the existing code site owners has been lots of new competitiors which means we're going to have to shape up or give up. Interesting times ahead!
In the codes niche I currently have a dedicated discount codes site which uses what I believe to be "best in class" hover to reveal code and click to copy code to clipboard and visit site technology, CantBarsed.com which is a shopping directory which also features promotional codes which are freely displayed for our visitors to cut and paste and I also have voucher-codes.co.uk which is an icodes site. Icodes has definitely made it possible for everyone to have their own code site which is really cool and the way it uses a shared database is a great idea.
Codes are no longer a niche, it's mainstream media news and the downside for the existing code site owners has been lots of new competitiors which means we're going to have to shape up or give up. Interesting times ahead!
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