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Couple more new things we just added.

1) Sortable Search Results Now after you get your results, you can sort by either

• Match – This has been the default sort method. Basically, restaurants that best match the search terms (tags, restaurant name, or menu item names) show up on top. If you search for “American” and “Chinese” a restaurant with both tags will show up near the top.
• Distance – This will sort things by the distance from the center of the city you entered as the location. We want to eventually let you search by a specific location, but it’s not there yet.
• Rating – This will sort restaurants by the ratings, putting the highest rated restaurants on top of course.

We hope these new sorting options help you find food faster!

2) Fans V.1

We’ve been thinking about the best way to implement this for awhile, and a number of you have also suggested something similar. We didn’t want just another “social networking” site where friendships are defined by your acceptance of a friend request, so our implementation is a little different. We wanted something a little more tailored to the goals of the site. So here’s the brief sumamry of what’s there now:

1. I’m a Fan! – Is there a user that you respect? Click on the “I’m a Fan!” link. You’ll be added to the user’s virtual fan club.
2. A Fan of… – On a user page you can see all the people you’re a fan of and also see who other people are fans of.
3. # of Fans – On a user page you can also see the number of fans a user has. Someone with a high count is likely well respected in the community.

Of course, there’s more coming and you can probably start to guess the things we’re planning to do.

Question: How do you like the new search sorting?

Hope you enjoy the new toys!

- Justin