The Web Mix: where to find new, cool sites on the web

This week on The Web Mix we take a look at ways to make online shopping more social.

Here are five sites that provide a social shopping experience. These shopping sites have community features to help you out whether you want to make a purchase, decide on which product to choose, or how to save money.

The Mix Pick of the Week goes to Pikaba

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This week The Web Mix brings you some web browsers that will enhance your web surfing experience.

These browsers offer features that give you a more customized and social web experience.

The Mix Pick of the Week goes to Flock

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This week The Web Mix looks at a few niche social networks that you might not be familiar with.

Instead of only using general networks like Facebook or MySpace you can join social networks aimed at entrepreneurs, book clubs, gamers and more.

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This week on The Web Mix we take a look at a few sites that won web awards at this years South by Southwest 2009.

These sites are great examples of new and cool websites that range from services for contacting members of Congress on Twitter to a Zombie-themed social network.

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Blippr gives you the ability to post brief reviews on applications, books, games, music, movies,

With Blipper you find the product you want to review and you then click whether you love it, like it, dislike it, or hate it.

You then get 160 characters to post your review of the item. if you dont want to type your review you can post a 12 second video review instead.

Here are some of the features from Blippr’s site:

Blips are 160 character reviews with smiley icons that sum up your opinion. Simple.
Hey, we can’t all agree, right? Comment on others’ blips and let them know why they’re wrong.
Browse your friends’ reviews on apps, books, games, movies, or music – you’ll love to find out what your friends suggest in no time!
The more people you trust that use blippr, the better blippr gets to know you. You see more stuff you care about, and blippr can suggest stuff you’ll like.

Like I said on the show, I think Blippr is a great tool because review are important when making a decision to purchase a product and tying them into micro-blogging is a great idea.