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Recommend It Implementation Guidelines

Background

The Recommend It button or link allows online stores to add their products to ThisNext. As all recommendations are user-generated, Recommend It gives your customers quick access to add your products to ThisNext so we can help you start generating traffic and sales.

Image

Recommend it at ThisNext

Please request the PSD of this image if you want to change the colors, etc.

Link Format

http://www.thisnext.com/pick/new/submit/button/?[parameters]

URL Parameters

  • url: required
    This is the URL of the individual product page for the product to be recommended on ThisNext. This should be URL-encoded.
  • name: recommended
    This is the name of the product being recommended. If not provided, the name will default to the title of the page at "url".
  • image_url: recommended
    This is the URL (can be relative) of the preferred image for this product. The image URL is particularly useful to point to an image for the pages that use Flash to display product images. This should be URL-encoded.
  • via_name: optional
    Anchor text for via. The via is a link that appears at the end of the consumer's recommendation on ThisNext. This link provides an SEO opportunity for your store.
  • via_url: optional
    URL-encoded URL for via (homepage, or page item was on, or a category page usually)

Example URL

url = http://www.example.com/product.html
name = Product Name
image_url = images/product.jpg
via_name = Example Store
via_url = http://www.example.com/
http://www.thisnext.com/pick/new/submit/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fproduct.html&name=Product+Name&image_url= images%2Fproduct.jpg&via_name=Example+Store&via_url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F

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