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Download Squad Search: Now with 200% more Useful(TM)
If you've ever tried searching for a particular post on Download Squad you might have found it a tad frustrating. Our built-in search engine was never very, er... good. But I'm thrilled to report that those days are over. Our talented developers have swapped out the old 'n' crufty search engine for some brand new hotness. The main enhancements are:- It now does an AND search rather than an OR search, meaning a search for "windows vista" will only turn up posts that have both "windows" and "vista" in them, not everything with "windows" OR "vista."
- Search results now show the number of comments on each post, as well as the post's date.
- The default ranking is by relevance, but at the top there's a "Sort by Date" option.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christopher Finke said 4:29PM on 1-24-2007
Awesome! Great job, DLS/WIN devs.
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james 42 said 5:06PM on 1-24-2007
I like you better now.
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Evan said 5:53PM on 1-24-2007
Thank [insert deity here]...
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Bill said 6:06PM on 1-24-2007
Very nice...way better! Did you actually have some custom programming done or use/customize a plugin of some sort? Just curious. I'd love to find a way to improve the search on my un-related Wordpress blog.
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enzo said 6:43PM on 1-24-2007
Um, that's extremely good news. I've tried searching for stuff before... and given up. Thanks for the upgrades!
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Jordan Running said 6:13PM on 1-24-2007
Bill: Download Squad doesn't run on WordPress, it runs on Blogsmith, AOL's in-house blogging platform. It's all custom code as far as I know.
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Alex M said 6:35PM on 1-24-2007
Finally! Much appreciated.
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Ryan Carter said 11:25PM on 1-24-2007
Wicked, I love it!
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