New Summize.com

We launched a new and improved beta version of Summize.com this week. Starting with the homepage you'll immediately notice a bold new look:

Then as you scroll down the page, notice there is a new section highlighting trending artists, actors and authors. We determine these trends by constantly scouring and analyzing blogs and websites for recent mentions. As products and people are mentioned they are added to our trends list. You can also find a link to the full trends list at the top of every page, just to the right of the Summize logo.

If you click on one of the trending topics you'll find a new type of page that showcases the many things we've gathered about the topic or person. For example take a look at the Sarah McLachlan page.  Starting at the top you'll find the most reviewed, most liked and most buzzed products featuring Sarah.

Afterglow is her most reviewed work, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is her most liked album and her holiday album, Wintersong, is the most buzzed or discussed. Moving down the page we've pulled together a collection of recently reviewed and discussed products, from Surfacing to Mirrorball:

Further down the page we've pulled in recent mentions, videos, mp3s, websites and related products.

On the upper right side of the page you'll find the overall opinion for all Sarah McLachlan products:
 
Followed by bloggers who've recently mentioned her, then related topics, for example fellow Canadian musician Loreena McKennitt.

All the sections of this new page work together to create a comprehensive discovery experience. We hope you find the new page useful. If you have any suggestions please let us know.

Comments

[tim baker]

i love the look and feel! my only suggestion is that i should get a summary of how people feel about summize when i search for 'summize'

also, i found your site directly -- by typing in 'summize.com' based on the belief that such a service should exist. i'm glad this navigational method finally worked!

[Andrew Clarke]

I was looking through some reviews and I found a bug you might want to check out.

Try viewing a product and clicking on one of the accordion review bars. If you click it again before the http request is finished (hard to make happen on purpose) the body of the review gets inserted as many times as you've clicked.

I actually found the bug due to a little usability issue. When you click the bar, often it can take a few seconds to receive the http response. A long delay on one of the bars made me question whether or not I had actually clicked it properly, so I clicked again.

I'd suggest some sort of subtle loading indicator that shows up after clicking and goes away when the response comes back.

The site is getting very impressive as more data comes in. Keep up the good work.