As you may have noticed, there have been a considerable amount of changes around the blog, and Gaucho.com. Since Gaucho’s official launch in late 2008, we have been striving for improvement in every aspect of our being to bring our users what they want, in a way that best suits them. This is why we’ve started things like iPhone app development, continued testing the website to find structural and design improvements, and run aspects of the community like the GauchoBlog, GauchoTV and GauchoAnswers.

Needless to say, we’re a busy bunch over here at Gaucho, but we really, really appreciate all of the support our users have given us over the last couple years.

And so, in celebrating these new changes on Gaucho.com, today we’ll be looking at some of the key feature improvements that we hope you’ll enjoy! And, hey, if you haven’t signed up for an account on Gaucho.com, you should go and do that now. It’s quick, free, and you get to access a fun and exciting savings-inspired community!

Navigation and Copy Changes

Our first set of changes comes to our navigation bar up top when you’re logged in. We’ve changed some of the key content, and it is most evident here. We’ve gotten rid of misleading links that don’t take you where you want to go. People have been telling us that you’ve been confused by the word “stamps” that we used to use. Now, we use the word “Savings.” A Saving is anything from a coupon, free shipping deal, savings tip, et cetera. We hope that this change will help others understand the purpose of the site much clearer.

You’ll also notice that the Blog is being put into the spotlight now as we are constantly improving content and are becoming a better resource for our users. W00T!

New and Improved Savings Design!

This was a pretty significant change, and probably one of my favorite. This global change on the look of Savings has been implemented to save some space, and bring more attention to the community behind the site. Our voting system is now more evident (and you’ve already been showing you understand it a lot better now), and savings aren’t nearly as cluttered and confusing as they were before.

Find Savings by Store and Type!

You’ve been asking for it, now it’s here! You can now browse Savings by type and store! Check it out in your sidebar, today! We’ve also brought Featured Savings and Recent Articles from the GauchoBlog in the sidebar for your love and attention!

There are a ton of other changes both graphical and otherwise that have been made on the site. Don’t forget to become a member on Gaucho.com to join the community!

What About the Blog?

The blog has done through and is undergoing more changes in the coming weeks. The most noticeable changes in terms of contest is our new list of writers that are creating amazing blocks of content for your reading pleasure. (Don’t forget, if you have an idea for another article you can join this amazing team as well and get paid for it – check out our Introduction to Writer’s page!) We’re presently giving you 3 amazing articles per week, 5 Daily Gift Ideas per week, a GauchoTV episode and every Friday we’re hosting a different Freeday Friday contest to celebrate our readers!

We’ve also gotten a new sidebar that threw our the trash and brought in things you really want to check out!

What do you think?

We’ve been working on these for a while now as we’ve been undergoing testing. I’d really like to give a hand to the team over at Gaucho for doing such an excellent job. When you see all the work that Damian and Dinesh to behind the scenes, you just can’t help be excited about the future of Gaucho.

What do you think? Do you see room for more improvements? Share your comments and suggestions in the comments, below!