gada.be Going Strong
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Despite a few “minor” setbacks (some of which we're in the process of resolving), I've got a few relatively “major” updates to give you about our still-running-strong megasearch service, gada.be.
- We have an official Updates page / feed.
- We've undergone a major rewrite of the “fetcher” code, with the ability to grab (and parse) up to 10,000 sources per request.
- Our server situation is much happier now, and we've been continually tweaking performance to where it's rock solid.
- Make an image request to see this puppy shine.
- Google doesn't like subdomains, so we're working towards “compliance” by keeping the subdomain request intact, but redirecting to (and ultimately building links for) a more “standard” URL. This redirect happens automatically. You'll notice the change immediately, and it'll make gada.be a bit more tagspace friendly.
- Every Tuesday, we'll be rolling out a new feature for gada.be - you can count on it. Some updates will be large, others will be not-so-large.
- There are a few bloggers using gada.be in their entries, including BlogsOfWar
- We have a WordPress plugin.
- We have a Blojsom plugin.
- We're a part of the Ultimate Tag Warrior now.
- We're looking to add user accounts within the next couple of weeks.
- We're considering open sourcing part of the project (if there are any interested developers out there).
Go ahead - give us another shot. Hammer us (and we should be able to survive it this time).


3 Comments
Anonymous
November 30th, 2005
at 5:41pm
Do we really need another search aggregator ? This seems like ham radio repeaters were back in the 70s and 80s….everyone had to have their own as an ego trip, but very few people used any of 'em.
Anonymous
December 1st, 2005
at 7:16am
What do you mean Google doesn't like subdomains?
Jesus
December 1st, 2005
at 11:27pm
Great work!
But the problems with characters (”ñ” á, é, Ã..) for spanish users, it's fix coming soon?
Congratulations for you work.
p.d: Sorry for my english.