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.
I doubt your mind is blown by all this, but a little extra ease of use here and there is always a good thing. Happy searching!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-24-2007 @ 4:29PM
Christopher Finke said...
Awesome! Great job, DLS/WIN devs.
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1-24-2007 @ 5:06PM
james 42 said...
I like you better now.
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1-24-2007 @ 5:53PM
Evan said...
Thank [insert deity here]...
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1-24-2007 @ 6:06PM
Bill said...
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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1-24-2007 @ 6:13PM
Jordan Running said...
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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1-24-2007 @ 6:35PM
Alex M said...
Finally! Much appreciated.
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1-24-2007 @ 6:43PM
enzo said...
Um, that's extremely good news. I've tried searching for stuff before... and given up. Thanks for the upgrades!
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1-24-2007 @ 11:25PM
Ryan Carter said...
Wicked, I love it!
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