Rebuilding Zotag from the Ground Up
Zotag is getting ready to go through a major update in which more features will be added, the server speed will be increased (actually the site will be on a different server), the search algorithm will better (which means better search results), and the design will be more user friendly and cool. A few more features will be added and are listed on James Hartig’s blog (another Zotag Search developer) here: Introduction To Zotag Search. James Hartig is responsible for the major part of the backend of Zotag Search including Zspider (our web spider program), SQL Management, and a few more things. He likes to “collaborate” with people (lol inside joke; thats his nerdy side coming through, but he’s not a nerd in real life). The spider program is a very advanced program and looks pretty cool too. Here’s Jimmy’s latest alpha development of the new spider: Zspider New Program.
If you have ever searched with Zotag, you would know that the searches aren’t too fast huh? Well, we know. And hopefully in this update we can resolve that issue. With our new advanced caching systems, we will be able to serve you the pages you want right when you need them the most.
The search algorithm will be even better than before because you will actually be able to find what you are looking for. Top domain names and more popular sites will come before minor search results. Also users will have the ability to rate sites (optional), increasing the rank of that web page to make it easier for someone else to find it.
For webmasters, we will have a webmaster tools section on the site where you can submit your site and/or sitemap for submission in Zotag Search.
If you would like to help out somehow, feel free to contact me on sidebar to the right.
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