Nipponster in 2008

Where will Nipponster go from here?

That is the question we have been considering lately (well, always really).

We feel that Japan-related search is an important new field and expect it to grow, especially in 2008.

Admittedly, Nipponster is currently not even close to meeting the potential for this field.

The ability to search across the various mediums and niches of the web and quickly return only Japan-related results is the goal.

This will call for the launch of new search tools, refinement of current tools, and passion for the mission.


Onward we will go.

Improvements to the Nipponster Japan Toolbar

In keeping with our efforts to continually improve the Nipponster Japan Toolbar we have just added two new features! Take them for a spin and let us know your thoughts.

1, We have added a "JapanSoc It" button that allows you to submit a URL to JapanSoc (a digg.com-clone for Japan-related news).

2, We've added Nipponster Video Search to the search box. So now you can search the major video sites for Japan-related videos... right from your browser!

Two easy steps:

1. click on the black arrow in the search box
2. select "Nipponster video search" and click go

The new "Hot Search Archive" is here!

Ok. Finally we have finished the new Nipponster Hot Searches! Whew...
That was a lot of work. And it still needs work.

I thought that the entries from the old hot search archive would be easy to move to the new one but alas that's not so :(

We will have to manually re-enter them...

But no worries because having the new archive makes up for everything!

Let us know what you think of it!

Yes! Progress with the new hot search archives

Like I mentioned in the previous post, we've been working on the hot search archives. And I've been messing things up :(

Fortunately I just fix a major problem on the new archive! Too bad we have not released it yet, so you cannot see my good work :(

oh, well.

The good news is that it is working as we had hoped and soon it will be released!

Hot search archive - no one is perfect

We've been working on the hot search archive trying to upgrade it.

Unfortunately while I was working on it I made a mistake and now it is a little buggy.

The new version that we are hoping to release soon will automatically archive old hot searches saving us lots of time.

It will also help us update the hot searches much more frequently.

It has been awhile

Sorry for the silence.
Life is busy. Hopefully some changes we are making will free up our time from tedious things.

Our goal with this blog is to post more often and publish shorter "bite-sized" posts that let you know what we are doing each day.

That's the goal. We will see how that holds up...