This is part two of an earlier post. With Mother’s day just a few days away we thought a few more tips about gift recommendation websites is timely and helpful. 

Yahoo mother’s day gifts section provides a basic breakout of three top categories - jewelry gifts, clothing gifts, and electronics gifts.  Yahoo then offers gift ideas structured around themes or personality types:

• Gifts for Super Moms (specific items like Mom’s wreath necklace, Mother’s Day Waterford Vase Arrangement, Mother’s day fortune cookie, flower arrangements, and more)
• Gifts for Stylish Moms (specific items like Emitations Cammy’s Silver Handcuff Earrings, Pearl Necklace: Freshwater Cultured Pearl, enameled rose mirror + card case, White Stag - Woven Stripe Crochet Tote Bag, Women’s Plaid Rain Boots and more.)
• Gifts for Working Moms (specific items like maman je t’aime bracelet, Franco Sarto Nolan (Women’s) - Black Calf, Mother’s Birthstone Necklace, Conair Thermal Spa Full-Body Massaging Bath Mat, monogrammed women’s therapeutic slippers, and more)
• Gifts for New Moms (specific items like Sally Spicer Diaper Bags Shoes - Baby Bag, baby’s memory book, Sherpani Shoes - Lena, Kodak Digital Camera Tripod, Digital Photo Diaper Bag and more.)
• Gifts for Techie Moms (specific items like Bose SoundDock Digital Music System, Saffaire Jukebox Station Universal ipod Dock, Sony VAIO notebook,
  digital cameras, and more)
• Gifts for Retired Moms (specific items HoMedics Therapist Select Shiatsu Massager SM100, Womens Wilson Hope 12pc. Golf Club Set Left Hand, Multi-Colored Gemstone Yellow Gold Pendant, Personalized Country Kitchen Cutting Board, family locket necklace, and more.)

 It is interesting to compare Yahoo’s gift categories and items with Gifts.com approach to recomending a gift for mom.  Gifts.com organizes mother’s day gifts in these categories :

• Working mom (specific items like personalized memo pads, digital picture frames, stylish laptop bags, personal video telephone, wireless headsets for cell phones, Treo Smartphones and accessories, designer iPod cases, gourmet coffee gift sets, tea gift baskets, personalized women’s stationary and more.)
• Gardening Mom (specific items like Dreamhome birdhouses, Gardener’s Tool Totes & Caddies, Ergonomic Garden Tools, potting and planting workbench and more)
• Grandmom (specific items like personalized photo pillows, tea collections, Roomba robotic vacuums, soothing eye pillows and masks, heatable spa wraps, jewelry armories and more.)
• Pet-Loving Mom (specific items like personalized custom pet portraits, designer dog collars, picture frames for dog lovers, Decorator Wicker Covers for Litter Boxes, and more.)
• Stylish Mom (specific items like Fabulous Designer Totes, Diamond Hoop Earrings, jewlery trees,  Ralph Lauren Pink Pony Tops, Stylish Diaper Bags, Create-Your-Own Oxford & Polo Shirts  and more.)
• Gadget Mom (specific items like Design your own bluetooth headset, Pink Zune, portable camcorders, Tivo digital video recorders, “Hands Free” Phone Accessories for Cars, and more.)

An innovative approach on this website is to provide presonality profiles for gift recipients.  Read them for yourself to see if they give you useful tips, reinforce silly stereotypes, or both.  The personality profile types are: Achiever, Adventurer, Country Clubber, Domestic Diva, Hipster, Super Mom, Thinker, Natural Woman, Trendanista and Urban Sophisticate.

MSN.com has posted a helpful set of last minute gift ideas and options for Mother’s Day.  Of course we hope you shop local after getting a list of gift ideas off of the web. The following general categories are the ones MSN suggests and we have linked to the corresponding general categories on our Long Island business directory:

• Clothing & Shoes  - Search for Long Island women’s clothing stores and shoe stores on Long Island.
• Jewelry & Watches - Search for Long Island jewelry and watch stores on Long Island.
• Beauty & Spa - Search for beauty products on Long Island, and beauty salons and day spas on Long Island.