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Toluu launches Tagging!September 3

 

Today is a big day, we have just rolled out the largest update to Toluu since launch. We have been working on this for a while now, and hope you like it.

Toluu now has Tagging!

Tagging has been our #1 most requested feature and we wanted to make sure we really tailored the experience to fit Toluu, not just bolt on some frankenstein system and call it a day. The goal has been to make tagging super simple to use and pervasive across the site. Now let’s jump into how it works!

On every feed page there is a new tab called ‘Tags’. We start with a nice big text box for entering tags. We have used Ajax to make adding tags snappy. There are three other sections as well; ‘My Tags’, ‘Top Tags’, and ‘Similar Feeds’.

• ‘My Tags’ shows you how you have tagged this feed and also allows you to update your tags with in-line editing goodness.
• ‘Top Tags’ shows the most popular tags for the feed across the Toluu universe. 
• ‘Similar Feeds’ scours all of the feeds in Toluu and compares the tags to find relevant matches, providing another way to discover interesting new feeds.

 There is also a cool feature we call AutoSuggest, when typing a tag, we suggest tags

New Feature: No need to click, just hoverJuly 16

We have just rolled out a new feature that makes it easier to decide if a feed will be of interest to you. Now, when you hover over a feed anywhere on the site, a small tooltip will popup with the feed title and 5 recent posts from the feed. These post titles are clickable and link directly to the post on the source blog.

These new quick tool tips are available anywhere a feed appears on the site, the activity page, match page, feed lists, profiles, and the feed subscribers view.

 

 

We decided to build in this functionality when we found ourselves skipping by checking out a feed because we didn’t want to wait for the page to load or have to hit the back button. Since we weren’t always willing to take a risk on a feed to see if it might be cool, we thought you might be doing the same thing. 

We think this new functionality will spark more exploration and discovery since you don’t even have to click through to the feeds to see if the feed is interesting. Simply hover.

 

New Match UI, 3 new filters, in-line contacts and more!June 30

We have just launched a re-aligned ‘Match’ page with a cleaner UI and greater functionality. We have also made updates to ‘Contacts’ and feed ‘Subscribers’.

We recently made major changes to the architecture of matching to make it load dramatically faster. Today we have made design and functionality improvements. The new design is simpler and cleaner which should make it easier to hone in on the people and feeds that matter to you. 

We have also introduced 3 filtering options. Now you can see your matches based on when they joined Toluu. Filtering by ‘This Month’ or ‘This Week’ shows only users who have joined in that period who match with you, surfacing fresh feeds and people. This makes matches more useful for users with many feeds or those who have been with us since the beginning.

Also new with ‘Matches’ is the ability to add a user as a contact in-line. Many of you asked for it and we listened. No more clicking through to a user’s profile to add them as a contact!

 

We also revamped the ‘Contacts’ view with the new UI conventions and in-line contact adding functionality. We also now show how many contacts you have.

Record setting day for Toluu!June 12

All I can say is wow. Yesterday was an amazing day for Toluu, you helped us shatter every metric we track.

We launched the new subscribers and popular tabs along with some other improvements early in the day and because of the fantastic posts written about the release, the Twitter and FriendFeed discussions, and the slew of new users, yesterday was remarkable. 

We had a record number of pageviews, visitors, signups, new feeds, connections made, invites requested, and time spent on the site. All I can say is thank you.

Thank you to everyone who wrote about us, everyone who requested an invite, everyone who took the time to join and explore, everyone who added new feeds, everyone who sent in feedback, and every one of our existing users who have made the site great.

Here is the coverage that sparked the fire yesterday:

F. Pettit- Toluu Feed Page & Speed Enhancements

Billy Fairchild- Toluu Rolls Out A Slew Of New Features

J. Phil- Toluu Just Got Better: New Feed Page Views and More!

New feed page views: Popular and SubscribersJune 11

We have just rolled out 2 new views to the feed pages; a way to see popular posts & a way to see who else subscribes to that feed. The goal of these new views is to give you another way to discover interesting feeds and people.

Now, when discovering a feed for the first time you can quickly know what the feed is really about, what makes it special. The popular view provides another layer of information that you can use in deciding if a feed is right for you.

Which takes us to the subscribers view. This view is super cool, because now you can actually see, on a feed level, who is reading it. Not only do we show you the avatars and names of the other Toluu users who subscribe, but we also show their 3 most recently added feeds. This provides a fantastic way to discover new people that you may want to add as a contact or find more feeds that these people find interesting too.