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!
Tags: dls, download squad, DownloadSquad, news, search
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsChristopher FinkeJan 24th 2007 4:29PM
Awesome! Great job, DLS/WIN devs.
james 42Jan 24th 2007 5:06PM
I like you better now.
EvanJan 24th 2007 5:53PM
Thank [insert deity here]...
BillJan 24th 2007 6:06PM
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.
enzoJan 24th 2007 6:43PM
Um, that's extremely good news. I've tried searching for stuff before... and given up. Thanks for the upgrades!
Jordan RunningJan 24th 2007 6:13PM
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.
Alex MJan 24th 2007 6:35PM
Finally! Much appreciated.
Ryan CarterJan 24th 2007 11:25PM
Wicked, I love it!