After releasing our new website in September, we got right back to work and listened to you, our users, about what features and changes you’d like to see. Today, in time for the Social TV Summit in snowy New York City, we’ve released an update to the GetGlue experience.
We’ve put on a lighter skin across the site for a better experience and easier navigation. You can now quickly navigate between your recent check-in feeds, join multiple conversations while you channel surf, and enjoy brand new fresh profiles.
Activity Feed
On your activity feed you can keep up with all your friends’ check-in’s and media from the top shows you’re watching. When a friend shares or likes media and comments from shows you like, you’ll see that in your feed. You’ll also get recommended shows and movies based on what your friends are checking-in to.
Show Feeds
Keeping up with your favorite show on GetGlue? Jump between the hottest conversation on “Trending”, keep up with real-time conversation on “Live”, or get all the top articles, videos and images between episodes on “Media”.
Share your thoughts on a show or your favorite images and clips using the comment box at the top of the show feed. Browse media by clicking on an image, video or article, and use the arrows to view more.
You can link to Show pages on GetGlue like this: http://getglue.com/tv_shows/homeland
Revamped profiles
We’ve fully upgraded profiles to help display your personal tastes and discover new favorites through others. On your profile activity feed, you’ll see your full history on GetGlue, including your recent top watched shows, all your check-ins, follows, likes and comments. By clicking the other tabs on your friends’ profiles, you can view their favorite shows, movies and sports, read their reviews, and see what stickers they’ve unlocked.
You can share your GetGlue profile URL publicly like this: http://getglue.com/alex
Tag Friends & Fans in Conversations
One of our favorite features in this update is the ability to tag a friend in a conversation. Mention your friends in check-ins, comments or reply directly to another person in a conversation thread by typing @ and their username.
Gurus and Fans
We’ve now highlighted our most active fans of a show in its object feed. If you’re a Guru, your comment is more likely to show up in the Trending section. Now you can easily identify other fans and chat with them and the Guru for their expert opinion during the show.
Order Your Stickers
You can now easily order your stickers by visiting Limited Stickers under the “You” drop down or “Stickers” on your profile. Click “Mail Me My Stickers” in the left sidebar.
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Today we’re very excited to announce that GetGlue.com is getting a major upgrade. Now, you can get the same great experience on the web that you get on our new iPad app.
The new and improved GetGlue.com features a re-imagined guide for shows, movies and sports. With personalized and social recommendations, our guide will change the way you discover what to watch. In addition, you’ll find a richer feed with the best content about your favorite shows. Don’t worry, we’ve kept your favorite features, including checking-in and unlocking great stickers!
The Guide
With our new guide, we’ve re-imagined the way you decide what to watch. Find your favorite shows, movies, and sports on now, and get great recommendations based on your tastes and social graph. Scroll ahead in your guide to find upcoming new episodes, movie releases, and big events - such as season premieres and finales. Nothing on TV? Use our explore and search features to get movies in theaters and streaming suggestions.
The Feed
On your main feed, you can still follow and comment on your friends’ activity. Now, you can also view feeds for your favorite shows, movies, and sports to see hot comments and media content. Join the conversation while you watch, and post great images, videos and links about the shows. For sports fans, check-in to the game you’re watching to root for your team, smack-talk opposing fans, and get in-game media and score updates.
We’re really proud of this exciting upgrade and we think you’ll love it too. Even so, we’re making it possible for you to access the old GetGlue site if you’d like to check-in to topics, books, or music or have a look at your full check-in history. You can visit the old site by clicking on “Looking for the old site?” in the footer, or directly in your browser at o.getglue.com.
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Don’t have an iPhone, Android or a Blackberry? That’s okay, because today we are launching m.getglue.com - a new, app-like, mobile web site, a solution for those without the above mobile devices can now check-in with GetGlue and be just as cool.
Our goal for this launch is to enable more people to have a better check-in experience, regardless of what type of phone they are using. We want checking in to feel fun and exciting - and it is! We decided to invest in a robust and fun mobile site based on the fact that about 10% of the current check-ins data comes from the existing mobile site.
The new and improved mobile site is built to be like the app, and the screen flows like you are using your iPhone instead of a mobile site. We have also invested in tailoring the experience to different platforms. Using the technique of progressive enhancement, modern browsers will be able to take advantage of HTML5 features that allow rich interaction within the mobile site. The jQuery-PJAX library allows for partial-page reloading which translates to quick response times for the user. For less powerful phones, the mobile site degrades gracefully and is still feature-complete.
With the new and improved mobile version users can have the same great experience with the same functions and features including:
- Check-in to tv shows, movies, music, games, and books
- Share check-ins with your Twitter and Facebook friends
- See what your friends are currently watching, reading or listening to
- Earn leaderboard points and get stickers from GetGlue and major brands
- Rate lists of popular shows, movies, music and books
- Get suggestions for weekly new releases and old favorites picked just for you
- Take your favorite entertainment and suggestions with you everywhere
Do you love GetGlue? Here is your challenge. Find friends who don’t have iPhone or Android and tell them about the new awesome web site we launched. Just because they don’t have these devices does not mean they can’t enjoy the app-like check-in experience. Send links to m.getglue.com to your friends!
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