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This one closes on April 1st, but it's not an April fool.
Over the coming weeks we are upgrading our search engine. It's having a triple destructurisation operation and invisible lurking terms enhancements.
The prize will go to the person who finds the MOST VALID PROBLEMS across our WHOLE PRODUCT RANGE in the SEARCH FACILITY.
If you think you should be able to search on "Horror Movies", but nothing comes up, then add it to your list.
If you think people will mis-spell gran turismo, then add that too - but test it first.
Use short lists if possible but multiple posts will count together. i.e. all your posts on this subject will add up and count towards the prize.
Closes 9 am on April 1st, 2001.
I recommend you read the details of our searching process which you can click to from a link at Site Map. Basically we use the start of a word, so a search on "thunder" will find "thunderball". If several words are combined it must find all.
Over the coming weeks we are upgrading our search engine. It's having a triple destructurisation operation and invisible lurking terms enhancements.
The prize will go to the person who finds the MOST VALID PROBLEMS across our WHOLE PRODUCT RANGE in the SEARCH FACILITY.
If you think you should be able to search on "Horror Movies", but nothing comes up, then add it to your list.
If you think people will mis-spell gran turismo, then add that too - but test it first.
Use short lists if possible but multiple posts will count together. i.e. all your posts on this subject will add up and count towards the prize.
Closes 9 am on April 1st, 2001.
I recommend you read the details of our searching process which you can click to from a link at Site Map. Basically we use the start of a word, so a search on "thunder" will find "thunderball". If several words are combined it must find all.
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OR click the link best deals and click on under £10?
When a search has been successful, you could add some filter tools, or a simple button press, to sort the list of returns by date of release, product or perhaps even by price.
Searching by a price range would be my ideal search, you could pick from budget games (not just special offers) across lots of formats or just one.
Searching by a price range would be my ideal search, you could pick from budget games (not just special offers) across lots of formats or just one.
Reviews rated by us is not bad, get the people's view!
Last couple of days.
We are actually closing this on Monday, not Sunday.
Customer ratings are planned for reviews. We won't rate the customer reviews but you will (I think).
We are actually closing this on Monday, not Sunday.
Customer ratings are planned for reviews. We won't rate the customer reviews but you will (I think).
Just to re-assure you that all of your messages are being considered by our people and work is in progress on many of them (even Sniper's).
Review site suggestion.......mark the customers reviews over ten stars so we can see what to trust.
not much to do with search engines I know....
Where's the specs?
I don't know if anyone else mentioned it so far, but I was looking at Red Alert 2 for PC. Could I find any specs for it? er. no.
When I eventually did, the only worry I had to think about was the 2mb limit for the graphics card I got in this PC, and eventually I found out that RA2 was ok, but I had to check another site for it.
If I buy a PC game in the high street the requirement specs are the first thing on the case that I look for. Can we have those on ALL PC games please? It makes my life so much easier :-)
I don't know if anyone else mentioned it so far, but I was looking at Red Alert 2 for PC. Could I find any specs for it? er. no.
When I eventually did, the only worry I had to think about was the 2mb limit for the graphics card I got in this PC, and eventually I found out that RA2 was ok, but I had to check another site for it.
If I buy a PC game in the high street the requirement specs are the first thing on the case that I look for. Can we have those on ALL PC games please? It makes my life so much easier :-)
Tony, I think that if you have any space on the page, you should put a little 'search tips' link. At present you only get search tips if a search fails to produce results.
Also, can you get the search engine to recognise roman numerals as well as decimal numerals?
For example: 'Strider 2' will get you an exact match for what you are searching for, whereas 'Strider II' will produce the search tips screen and no match.
As more games produce sequels, many of them involving Roman Numerals in the title, it seems sensible to get the search engine to recognise Roman Numerals and to also search for their decimal equivalents at the same time.
Also, can you get the search engine to recognise roman numerals as well as decimal numerals?
For example: 'Strider 2' will get you an exact match for what you are searching for, whereas 'Strider II' will produce the search tips screen and no match.
As more games produce sequels, many of them involving Roman Numerals in the title, it seems sensible to get the search engine to recognise Roman Numerals and to also search for their decimal equivalents at the same time.
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