Hi there everyone, I just wanted to write a quick post and let you know about a few minor site changes that I have been working on the past couple of days. As the site administrator my goal for the site is to have a clean clutter free design and to make the printable coupons and other site content easy to find. So with that vision in mind I have made a few minor changes to Printable Coupon Spot.
Find coupons by source

Look for the Coupons By Source menu in our sidebar
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The editors here at Printable Coupon Spot and I have always used post tags to to identify when a coupon was a Bricks Coupon, PDF Coupon, Smartsource Coupon etc. The only real issue with that was that with 4 editors we were not always all using the same tags. My analysis of how visitors used the site showed however that looking for coupons by their source was a popular way our readers used our site and I wanted to make sure that you guys find just what you are looking for. We feel that knowing the source of a printable coupon helps you out because, while I hate to admit it, not all of the printable coupon software programs are compatible with all browsers and operating systems. Also some people want to print coupons but they don’t want to have to install a coupon printing software, so they can look for the coupons that don’t required a software.
And just for your information…
Coupons that require a printable coupon software download:
Coupons that do not require a printable coupon software download:
Additionally we have included Facebook Coupons and this is because it is a popular source search term, some of these coupons may also be one of the above sources too.
A Few New Categories

New categories
We have decided to expand our categories just a little bit and have added to our categories sidebar the following new categories:
- Prescription Coupons – Saving money on your prescriptions is a good idea and we want to help you do that by listing valuable prescription coupons to our site when we find them to share.
- Mail In Rebates – Layering in printable mail in rebate forms is a great way to save additional money on products that you are already buying (hopefully with a coupon!) so we decided to add a dedicated section of the site to printable mail in rebate form.
New Sharebar

See the new Sharebar located to the left of the post or page.
After testing out a few different products for a easy, non-obtrusive, clean and clutter free way that readers can share the printable coupons and other content here, I have settled on a WordPress Plugin called Sharebar.
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After analyzing (I love analyzing data!) what social networks our readers use and share on this WordPress Plugin just seemed to fit the bill as it does not clutter up the post too much and I was able to just select the sharing buttons that I knew our readers use (Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and Digg) nothing more, nothing less. So now if you find a great printable coupons, freebie or something else that catches your interest you can easily share that content on those platforms. (Let everyone know how much you like our site!)
New Contact Us Page

Contact Us!
I guess not all that exciting really, but I spent a few hours last night re-doing out Contact Us page. I think it functions better and looks pretty slick (ok maybe it is geek in me), but in all honestly, I enjoy hearing from our readers, and having a nice easy to use contact us page helps me stay on top of emails. Unlike some other websites, I actually answer all of my emails you send me, no auto responders here.
A Little Less Clutter

Less Clutter
I removed a few sidebar boxes just to make this less cluttered and easier on the eyes. Specifically I removed random Frugal Sites button (you can still find a list of my favorite frugal sites and blogs on my blogroll page) and random badges (not important in the grand scheme of things). While some blogs can get away with millions of buttons and badges I know that for me, clean and clutter free is more important. I just prefer to keep things light and tidy and make sure that the real estate taken up by by sidebars should offer my readers something important or of value and I just was not getting that with the old buttons and badges.
What do you think of these new changes? Do you like them? Hate them? Indifferent? Leave us a comment below and let us know!