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Have you tried the improved member search function?

25/09/2007 - (11:36 AM)

Since you're reading this post you've obviously discovered our new Community pages here on dooyoo UK. We built these pages because we felt we needed a place where our members could come together, use dooyoo member features, and get all the news they need about happenings on dooyoo. One of these member features is the improved Member Search function. This feature allows you to search for members that you've noticed around the site and sort the results by last login, most reviews, those with pictures and so on. This should help all the members of our Community stay in touch more easily - and that's always a good thing!

Some of you who have been with us longer may have used the old version of this function from the link in the navigation bar at the top right of your screen. We wanted to let you know in advance, to avoid any confusion, that the feature will be moving, from this Thursday, to its new home in the Community Area. This will help to keep the navigation bar clean, uncluttered, and user-friendly. Plus, the old Member Search link in the navigation bar will be replaced by a Community link for logged out users, so that everyone will be able to access the Community Area easily and quickly.

So when you have a free moment, or perhaps the next time you're trying to re-discover that reviewer whose review on that 80s Glam Rock album you really enjoyed last month, check out the Member Search link at the left of the Community homepage (that's THIS page!).

-Elise
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

24/09/2007 - (10:33 AM)

Do you believe in time machines? Me neither. But we here at dooyoo do believe in mistakes and know that we miss excellent reviews from time to time. We'd like to make up for one of these by bringing your attention to historywitch's excellent review called Take a step off the tourist train in Switzerland. It's an interesting look at the Fribourg, a place that a few of us didn't know about until the witch of history brought it to our attention. Great work, as always.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Survey Results!

21/09/2007 - (09:22 AM)

Remember that survey? We're finding new winners today since a couple of folks haven't checked their emails in the last few weeks...so keep your eyes peeled on your in-boxes. We've still got a DVD recorder and a certain bit of Harry Potter to give away (and by "bit" I mean a book, not a...uh.."piece" of Harry Potter himself). That said, here's the results from the survey. Kind of interesting and worth sharing:

·90% of all dooyoo users are very satisfied with dooyoo as their buying guide.
·65% of all dooyoo users think that the customer reviews are the most helpful of all dooyoo functions.
·dooyoo users rated dooyoo as first informative, then easy to use and finally fun. While I like to be fun, I have to admit informative comes first. And you agree!
·More than 70% of all dooyoo users state that dooyoo has helped them more then once to make a purchase.
·Almost 100% of all dooyoo customers state that they have had very good to average experiences online shopping.
·More than 70% of all dooyoo customers state that they always make sure that they are well informed before making a purchase.
·50% have made more than 10 online purchases last year.
·50% of our customers have already written a review. This number shocked me a bit, but when I realized how many non-members filled out the review... it all started to make a bit more sense.
·Almost 100% of dooyoo customers use the internet as their main source of information. This isn't that surprising, of course.

Just wanted to share. Enjoy your weekend.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

20/09/2007 - (09:25 AM)

Reading today's Crown of the Day is likely to make you feel a little bit smarter, at least temporarily. It is a wonderful and interesting tale of the history of Trafalgar Square and it's stony inhabitants, specifically The Fourth Plinth Project, as given to us by our teacher for the day, Ms koshkha. Take a walk into the world of knowledge with the fascinating review She's big and white and covered in pigeons.

-Elise
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

19/09/2007 - (08:58 AM)

Today's Crown of the Day comes from this week's bumper crop of film reviews. Now, of course, we love all categories equally here at dooyoo and normally we like to share the glory around, but I am afraid that when Samueltyler mentioned "David Bowie in a pair of tights and with a blonde glam mop" I just couldn't bear to let that one go. I guess that the 8 year old girl with the massive crush on David Bowie still lives somewhere inside me. Check out this great review of Arthur and the Invisibles, called Don't Let Arthur Go Unseen.

-Elise
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

18/09/2007 - (12:08 PM)

When Marky Mark of the Funky Bunch plays a character with the macho name of Bob Lee Swagger (I assume he does his namesake when he walks, for dramatic effect) I'm not sure what to think. Thankfully we have writers like Andy.mack to dive in headfirst and share what lurks within the depths of the 2007 film, Shooter. In his review titled This is Serious, They killed my Dog, Andy does just that. Thanks for the good work and enjoy your Crown of the day.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

17/09/2007 - (10:45 AM)

Good morning and Monday, everyone. Today's Crown of the Day goes to Anonymili for their elegant vacation tale regarding the Splash Landings Hotel. The review really paints a picture of this little holiday spot and is a fine example of a well-written review. It's filled with LOTS of information, but the style and pace doesn't let us drown in a world of hotel-induced data. Take a peek, if you haven't read it already.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

14/09/2007 - (10:09 AM)

Kudos goes to Frankingsteins on this glorious Friday for his review of Neil Gaiman's Dream Country entitled Lord, What Fools these Mortals Be. A fair number of us on this end are already Sandman fans and Frankingsteins does a great job explaining just what this piece of work is about. Oh and he gets bonus points for calling a comic book series a 'serial'. That's just classy.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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dooyooTeam walks among us

13/09/2007 - (02:57 PM)

Great news everyone! The dooyoo Team is now live on the site as a member of the dooyoo Community! That's right, you will probably be seeing us popping up around the site, reading your reviews and maybe even leaving a comment or two (we won't be rating reviews - that's for you guys to do, you're the experts after all!). Feel free to send us a message - you can do this by going to the dooyooTeam profile page and clicking the link under our picture - whether it be comments, questions, or confusion we'd love to hear from you. We can't wait to read your new material so keep the reviews coming!

- dooyoo Team

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Welcoming Committee & Survey Update

13/09/2007 - (08:41 AM)

Today's news is a two-prong assault on your senses! Well, not really but we can pretend.
First off, I wanted to let everyone know we haven't forgotten about those Survey Prizes we mentioned last week. Last Monday we assumed our winners would, well, want to win. Only half of them have responded... which means that if we don't hear from them by next Tuesday the power ball will be rolling again. That means if you haven't won, you might have another chance.

In other news, I want to give a big "thank you" (not a prize, but still mine to give) to those few members who have taken it upon themselves to write to ALL our new members and welcome them to our little corner of the Internet. The "Welcome New Members" section seems to be turning into a success, thanks to you guys (and gals) going that extra dooyooMile. We really appreciate it and it really helps new members feel at home. Let's hope they remember to wipe their feet and leave the seat down.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

12/09/2007 - (09:41 AM)

For today's Crown of the day we have chosen the brilliantly informative and rather witty to boot (ha, car puns!) review, No Danger To Wet Paper Bags!, by Kenjohn. This review will give you all the information you need to know about the Nissan Almera 1.5 16v SE 5dr - that's a car in case you are amongst the automobile illiterate like myself - plus plenty of food for thought if you're considering buying or selling a car. Hope you enjoy reading it.

- Elise
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

11/09/2007 - (08:33 AM)

Hello everyone... sorry for the delay on Crowns this week. They should start appearing any moment now. In the meantime, I suggest checking out the most nominated review this week. Highly recommended by both our guides and community members, arnoldhenryrufus' piece on Woburn Safari Park couldn't help but get our attention. And dear Lord, after reading what happened to their monkeys, I'm never going to try to feed a zoo animal ever again. Thanks arnoldhenryrufus, for being both informative and entertaining.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Big news, big love

07/09/2007 - (11:38 AM)

You love using dooyoo - reading, writing, and rating reviews - but how much do you really know about us? Did you know, for example, that dooyoo also operates sites in Germany, Italy, France and Spain? A report on growth in the internet industry in Germany released by comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, showed that dooyoo DE was the fastest growing Internet site in July, with traffic increasing 145% to reach 2.2 million unique visitors! dooyoo is thrilled with these results, but of course we couldn't do it without you - our members, users, and visitors. So thank you for your support and we hope that you continue enjoying the services that dooyoo provides!

dooyoo Team

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Work is over - it's play time!

07/09/2007 - (09:45 AM)

We have a relatively new member of the dooyoo Community to introduce to you today. Since joining us late in August, FourPaws has given us a plethora of readable, entertaining, and informative reviews on all things - yep, you guessed it - with four paws. From the Bermese Mountain Dog to pet accessories and supplies, if you have a question or need advice about caring for your dog, it seems that FourPaws is the person to talk to. Her review Play time! will give any dog owner some great ideas about toys for their animals - it certainly sounds like Benson and Ruby are lucky to have found such a great home!

The only complaint we have is this FourPaw's - where are the pictures of your gorgeous pets?! It's easy to upload an image to your dooyoo Profile, just visit your My dooyoo page and click the link that says 'Upload New Photo' and follow the step by step instructions on the right side of the page.

Till next week, we hope you enjoy reading, writing, commenting, and exploring... Have a great weekend everyone!

- Elise
dooyoo Team

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In the market for a market?

06/09/2007 - (09:47 AM)

It's Thursday, the working week is drawing to a close, and you're in the mood to relax a little with some interesting reading material. Well, we have lined up for you another terrific Crown of the day. This one comes from duncantorr, who has recently been giving us a spate of excellent reviews in the Travel category - it's good to know that at least one lucky dooyoo member has been making the most of summer holiday opportunities! The review in the spotlight today is To market, to market with a rather enticing description of Riga Central Market (that's in Latvia in case you were wondering), now please excuse me while I go to book my flights...

-Elise
dooyoo Team

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When one review just isn’t enough

05/09/2007 - (09:35 AM)

Another day, another fantastic Crown of the day… For your reading pleasure we bring you a review that is not only informative and entertaining, but could actually help to make this world a more beautiful place. If you’re feeling like your life could use a little more shimmer, take a look at Tulip4’s excellent review in the cosmetics category - Go Out In The Buff (although now that Autumn is upon us I don’t actually recommend taking that advice literally).

If that doesn’t satisfy your review-reading craving, why not check out our lists of Newest Reviews – just click the link located at the left of this screen. Or, if it’s the cream of the crop that you’re after, the list of Newest Crowns is just jam-packed with writing talent. Hope you enjoy!

- Elise
(a new addition to the dooyoo UK Community team)

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Crown of the Day

04/09/2007 - (11:57 AM)

Today's crown of the day comes from Smooth Criminal for their look at the Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1200. Not to be confused with the Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1100, this extensive review tells us exactly what we need to know.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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It's a whole new month!

03/09/2007 - (11:58 AM)

Welcome back. I'll keep it short and sweet today. August has come to a close and if you take a look at our Competition page, you can see who caught our attention. Everyone did a great job... but they'd fire me if I said you all were winners. If your name isn't there, don't worry. The end of one competition just means another has begun.

So what's this month's competition all about? Television! If you've got something to say about something you've seen on the shiny box in your living room, we'd love to hear it.
So get to writing, couch potato!

PS: The Survey has officially ended and we're sorting out the winners right now. If you believe in luck (or voodoo) now is the time to rub that rabbit's foot (or...um...sacrifice a chicken or something). Good luck to each and everyone who entered and thank you so much for helping us out with the Survey. Knowing more about our community only helps us improve.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Secret of Lost Guide's Cove

31/08/2007 - (09:52 AM)

Just a quick word today since we've got our hands full with sorting out a few of the kinks in the new system at the moment. If you look at the Your Community Guides page, you may notice a couple of empty slots. What does that mean?

That means if you're interested in joining our Guide Team you should drop us a line.
The categories are Food & Drink and Pets (not to be confused with one another, please) and we're trying to find an active member that wouldn't mind helping dooyoo out now and then under those topics.

So what does a Guide do? Guides are trusted active members that help us police the site.
We can't do it alone and sometimes it takes a member that's active in the Community to find out exactly what those on this side of site have missed. Guides help us by reporting abuse, plagiarism, churners (you know, those people who write 20 reviews in one afternoon but each of them is only about five words long), and by making sure we don't miss any excellent reviews that need to be Crowned. If you're active on dooyoo and you'd like to have more of an impact on how we operate, maybe a Guide position is right for you. Oh and if you do become a Guide, we send you a fruit basket. How can you say no to that?

Seriously though, if you're interested send us a message. There are a few requirements for being a Guide that, while flexible, we generally try to follow. As long as you're active and write well, we'd love to hear from you. Remember, the categories are Food & Drink and Pets... so if you have some experience in those areas it'd be grand.

Until next week, enjoy yourselves.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Temporary Newest Review Bug solution

30/08/2007 - (11:08 AM)

Here you go, boys and girls. Here's a link to the OLD style "new reviews" page. If you prefer to do so, you can use this list until we get the new Newest Reviews page synchronized and working smoothly.

Newest Reviews, Old School Version

A link to the OLD style "new reviews" page can now also be found on the Newest Reviews page, just above the category drop-down menu.

Thanks for your patience.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day, Bug Update

30/08/2007 - (10:15 AM)

Thank you everyone that's written in to tell us just how broken a couple of things are. The timestamp will be fixed very soon. I'm not sure why we didn't use UK time when we put it together, but, well, it's being mended as you read.

That said, a few of you have noticed a little strangeness going on with the "Newest Reviews" page. This is a priority for us and we're shooting to have this synchronized and up to speed sometime around the end of next week. Think of it as delicate surgery: If we fix it quickly and it's still wrong, we'd only make the situation worse. Thanks for being patient and for helping us in spotting this so quickly.

I did say there was a Crown of the Day, didn't I? This one comes from The Polar One and it's a review that's subject matter falls close to my heart. Take a look at this great entry about The NeverEnding Story 3: The Film that should not have been made. Sure, it stars a young Jack Black but its script was written by Jeff Lieberman. Don't know who that is? He's the cinematic genius that brought us Squirm, a film about killer, man-eating earthworms. I'll say no more. Read what The Polar One has to share.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Survey Countdown!

29/08/2007 - (10:08 AM)

Well, I did say the end would be coming soon. I said it on Monday but I’ll repeat it: If you haven’t filled out the Survey, this is your last opportunity to have a chance of winning one of our great prizes. The Survey comes to a close Friday afternoon. You know what that also means? That means we’ll be announcing the winners on Monday! So log in here Monday morning to see who’ll be walking away with some of our prizes.

- Jared
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day

28/08/2007 - (09:48 AM)

There's a common myth that to write a Crown-worthy review you have to write at least one thousand words. Heck, there are people out there that think a review is only grand if you can make it last over five thousand words. We love long posts but today's Crown is a good example of a great film review that doesn't last as long as the movie itself. From our Film Guide Ailran, this review on King's Game (DVD) is definitely worth your attention... and a Crown.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Survey & Revenge Rating

27/08/2007 - (10:28 AM)

Hope you all are enjoying your Monday and more importantly, I hope that you got the most out of your weekend. I know I did. Though, to be honest, it could have been a bit longer.
But that's always the case. Two things on today's agenda:

First off, have you filled out our Survey yet? If you haven't, we'd love it if you could.
The prizes aside (iPod, DVD recorder, and that nifty Harry Potter book everyone keeps chatting about), it'll really help us improve and get dooyoo moving in the right direction.
Oh and if you've already filled out the survey, I'll let you know as soon as it comes to a close. I know that if I was allowed to enter I'd want to know if I won or not.

Secondly, it's time I talked about something called Revenge Rating. A Revenge Rating is when you read someone's review, rate it poorly (because it is a low quality piece of writing) and then the author tracks you down and retaliates by rating your reviews poorly. Sure there's a bit of gray area here but this is the kind of thing we try to prevent whenever possible. Remember, when you're rating reviews you're judging the quality of the rating... not advertising how much you agree or disagree with the author's thoughts. I might not like the show "The Mighty Boosh" but that shouldn't prevent me from recognizing a quality review when I see one.

If you think you've fallen victim to Revenge Rating, let me know. It is easy for me to sort out that kind of situation and it's not something members should have to worry about.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Competition Reminder

24/08/2007 - (09:11 AM)

Enjoy your Friday, everyone. I just wanted to pop in and make sure everyone knew there's only one week left to post your opinion for this month's Monthly Competition. The category is Books & Magazines... one of our more popular sections here at dooyoo. If you're interested in some quick extra dooyooMILES, it might be time to dust off that old book report and make it shine in time for the end-of-the-month deadline.

For an example, take a look at this review by SWSt on the Biography of Paul Sculthorpe. It's the Crown of the day and an excellent example of a well-written book review.

Until next week, play nice and try not to think about Monday. We all know it's just around the corner but thinking about it never helps. Enjoy your weekend (while it lasts).

If you need any help or have any questions, don't forget to drop me a line.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Bug Update

23/08/2007 - (11:44 AM)

Just wanted to let you all know that the "double rating" error that some of you were reporting has been sorted out. Thankfully, no one was hurt... though someone did get rated Very Very Very Useful a few too many times.

Thank you everyone who brought that little kink in the system to our attention. Turns out the Report a Bug form is working just fine now.

-Jared
dooyoo Team

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Crown of the Day, Updates

23/08/2007 - (08:46 AM)

First off, I told you I'd be using this space to bring your attention to some of the best reviews you've posted as I stumble across them. Member smooth_criminal wrote an excellent review of the Playstation 3 game, Resistance: Fall of Man. One of our newer members hit the nail on the head with their comment: "I'm impressed, it's really a perfect review!". It's rare a member beats us to just the right words but in this case we don't dare to disagree. Take a look if you haven't already.

That said, I also want to thank everyone who's been helping us perfect the new Community Area. We know there's been a few hiccups here and there and we're really glad to have the community so eager to make it work. Thanks again.

By the by, if you've got any questions or want to report something, if you look to your left you'll find a button marked Contact the dooyoo Team. You'll never guess what it does. It puts you in contact with me! Ok, maybe that wasn't worth an exclamation mark but I just wanted you boys and girls to know that getting in touch with me (and the folks at dooyoo) is really, really easy now.

- Jared
dooyoo Team

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Have you tried our new Member Search?

22/08/2007 - (04:26 PM)

With the new Community Area we have launched a revamped Member Search. The updated Member Search now allows you to search for a member and rank the results by 'Most Relevant', 'Last Login' or 'Most Reviews’. No more trudging through profiles of members of long ago, when all you want is to just track down a member that you have spotted on the site.
As well as being able to rank results, you can also control what results are delivered. Ticking the 'Members with Images' option will show only members who have uploaded a member picture. Ticking 'Members with About Me Text' will only show members who have entered an About Me text and chosen to display it.

Do you have an About Me text? All members can enter an About Me text by going to
'My Account' and then 'My Details'. There you will find an About Me field that you can fill in with any information that you want to share. To show the text on the site you must have the 'Display' checkbox selected. The text will appear instantly for logged in members.

The About Me text is displayed in your dooyoo Profile, as well as in the Member Search, so it is worthwhile taking the time to enter text to tell other members a bit about yourself.

- dooyoo Team

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Welcome to our new dooyoo Community Area!

20/08/2007 - (12:05 PM)

Hey everyone. If you've read our latest dooyooMAGAZINE, you've heard this all before. If you haven't... it's time to hear some news from us folks here at dooyoo.

My name's Jared and I'm one of the people behind the machine that is dooyoo UK. A few of you know me already, but now that we're unveiling something major, I thought it was a good time to introduce myself and let you guys know exactly what we're launching right here. The big news on dooyoo is the new dooyoo Community Area that you’re looking at right now.

Ever wanted to know what was going on over here in the halls of dooyoo? I'll be updating this Community Homepage daily with information that lets you in on what's going down on the mean streets of dooyoo.co.uk. Be it member accolades, writing tips, technical problems (if you notice any errors, please let us know by using the Report a Bug form) or anything else... there will finally be a place where you can find the latest news and events without having to trudge through our old archives or ask your dooyoo friends what's going on. I'll also be awarding Crowns throughout the week because when members write something outstanding we want more people to read it! And, hey... you want more people to read your stuff too. Admit it. You do.

I know its cliché, but wait, there’s more! We've also added lists that show the authors of the Newest Reviews, the Newest Crowned Reviews, a database of our Newest Members, and, yes, an updated Guides page. Do you have any questions about your writing or how dooyoo works? Take a look at our roster of great writers and dooyoo members that help represent us by guiding part of our site. They’re a great help to you and us; make sure you say hello.

Finally, we'll be posting all the dooyoo Competition winners in one place. Whether you’re the author of the 'Review of the Month' or one of the many lottery winners behind the 'First Review Draw', your name and profile will be easily seen by anyone by clicking the menu option 'Competitions'.

All that said, I have to convey how great everyone's been. We here at dooyoo are excited to be moving forward. We're approaching our 8th year, and we couldn't do it without you!

Thanks,
- Jared
dooyoo Team

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First Review Draw

20/08/2007 - (03:09 PM)

Enter the First Review Draw each month to be into win 2500 dooyooMILES. There are 20 winners each month!

Entry is automatic when you are logged in and write the first review of a product or service in one of these categories:

Computers
Photography
Software
PC/Video Games

Increase your chances of winning by writing multiple First Reviews. The more you First Reviews you write, the higher your chances of winning 2500 dooyooMILES each month! Please note that you can win only once each month.

Why not check out last months First Review Draw winners?

Your dooyoo Team wishes you the best of luck!

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Take a survey!

21/08/2007 - (10:17 AM)

We’re always looking for ways to improve the dooyoo website for our users and members. To do this we need your help! Please take a couple of minutes to complete our short survey and be in to win one of three fantastic prizes for helping us out!

Up for grabs are copies of the latest Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, an Apple iPod Shuffle and a LG DR 275 DVD Recorder.

Why not check out last months First Review Draw winners?

- dooyoo Team

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Product Suggestions

21/08/2007 - (10:32 AM)

Only dooyoo members can suggest a product or service to be added to dooyoo. If you want to suggest a product or service, you can do so using our suggestions form. After entering the product details, our system checks whether this product has already been suggested and if it hasn't you are provided with a queue rank for your proposal.

You can also find the above link in your ‘My Account’ page, where you can find all your past suggestions and their current queue rank. Please note we monitor the suggestions made so if you always suggests products but never write about them you won't be able to suggest anymore in the future.

If your suggestion is accepted (we will email you to let you know, so make sure we you’re your correct e-mail address in your dooyoo user profile), you will immediately receive 10 dooyooMILES credited to your account.

- dooyoo Team

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