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The “edit comparison” part of the site will change in the coming weeks, so we did not spend too much time on this quick screencast.

But it could be useful for current users to familiarize with Edit mode, here is how to create a comparison and publish it :

A nice SocialCompare’s user makes a tutorial screencast to explain how to add an item.

It could be useful before we release the new design of SocialCompare:
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SocialCompare handles structured data, that means that we try to differentiate simple text from more specific text such as date, currency…etc.

We believe that it is more interesting to compare structured data, to be able to filter them according to the type or use specific tool dedicated to this type such as currency converter or date picker, or even show movie from a video link.

Here are the current list of existing data types that SocialCompare manages:

First, there is a default criteria type that is created and used for any comparison, that is to say :

• Last update date
  This type is not editable and is automaticaly updated. It shows the last update time of content.

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Let’s introduce you today what exactly you will be able to do on SocialCompare :

as a visitor on the site:

• explore and search comparisons in any field.
• access to comparative data in various languages, the web interface is available in english and in french for the moment.
• display, hide or invert columns or lines at your convenience.
• sort or modify columns and lines order of comparative table.
• make new comparisons in live by selecting criteria and contents to be compared while you navigate on SocialCompare’s site.
• publish comparisons on you website or blog, or share web link to your social networks (facebook, twitter…).

as a member of SocialCompare: (it is free to become a member)

• make easily new comparisons from scratch or importing data from various sources.
• share comparisons to the SocialCompare’s community
• participate, modify existing comparisons.
• translate comparative data into another language.

I will try to detail more specifically some features or show you a concrete example of comparison matrix in my next post…