Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Latest news!

Brainstemprojects is no more, so I've had to move elitedealseeker to dreamhost.

Fixed a bug where duplicate ads were showing up.

- applied for account at OSWF (they put log-in requirement)
- fixed orientalwatchsite
- fixed timetechtalk (is now using "ultrabb"...sigh)
- fixed pmwf (new link syntax)
- can't fix tz-uk (needs login, and when I try to register, I get "Creating a new account is currently not possible.")- fixed xdtalk (they split their sales forum into subforums - different urls, etc. :()

currently I am working on some algorithm to read a webpage and intelligently guess at what the ads are, WITHOUT relying specifically on the code produced by individual boards (vbulletin, ipboard, etc.). It works pretty good so far, but network54 and a couple others are still a challenge...if I can get it to work, then sites should break much less often, if at all

thank you for your continuing to visit this site :)
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30 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 2, 2010 at 8:22 PM

    I am having trouble with the XDTalk links, when I click them I get "page not found".

    Thanks

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  2. andrewlApril 2, 2010 at 8:48 PM

    thanks, I deleted all the old xdtalk links and fixed the new ones coming in... try it out!

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  3. AnonymousApril 3, 2010 at 6:57 PM

    XDTalk now works for me.
    Thank you.

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  4. AnonymousApril 4, 2010 at 7:38 AM

    great work! Thanks!

    But can we set the preference like in the past? Cos some of the sites that we are less interested in show many sales which one needs to scroll down quite "alot" to get to those sites one is looking for.

    can we set our own preferences like in the past?

    thanks.

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  5. andrewlApril 4, 2010 at 9:08 PM

    "site order preferences" feature restored! thanks Anonymous!

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  6. SCWF AdminApril 6, 2010 at 9:17 AM

    Atom, could you please remove the link for the SCWF:

    http://www.network54.com/Forum/170229 (seiko/citizen)

    We have moved the site to a new host and would like to have our trade forum re-listed from our new site. You can see the Seiko & Citizen watch Forum's new Trading forum here:

    http://www.thewatchsite.com/index.php#c10

    Thanks,

    SCWF Admin

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  7. andrewlApril 6, 2010 at 10:35 AM

    hello SCWF admin! thanks for the info, it's fixed now

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  8. SCWF AdminApril 6, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    Thanks Andrew. One more thing, Could you add a note to the header of our section Saying what site it is?

    Perhaps something like:

    SEIKO & CITIZEN WATCH FORUM (www.thewatchsite.com)

    Many Thanks again. Great work!

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  9. Mark AdeneyApril 6, 2010 at 9:00 PM

    HI Andrew,

    Could you please add the AWF TF to your site? The link is: http://www.network54.com/Forum/642234/

    Thank you,

    Mark Adeney aka Zoodles95

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  10. andrewlApril 6, 2010 at 9:09 PM

    Done, thank for the suggestion, Mark!

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  11. Mark AdeneyApril 6, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    Hi Andrew,

    That was lightning fast! Thanks so much :)

    Sincerely,

    Mark Adeney aka Zoodles95

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  12. SCWF AdminApril 7, 2010 at 1:39 PM

    Thanks for fixing our link Andrew. Much obliged.

    SCWF Admin

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  13. AnonymousApril 16, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    Can you add ingunowners.org to the gunstuff list?

    Thanks!

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  14. AnonymousApril 16, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    I meant ingunowners.com!!!

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  15. andrewlApril 16, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    hey, I'm really sorry, but I don't want to add state-specific forums because then it's only fair that I do it for everyone's state (possibly doing it 50 times)

    the only exception to this is Florida, where I can get the deals :)

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  16. AnonymousApril 21, 2010 at 4:40 AM

    If you don't want state-specific forums, then remove California, Michigan and Florida. Michigan and Florida are not that active and California too restrictive. (I respond to a CA WTB and it's "Oh, you're not in CA, I can't buy from you.)

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  17. AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 8:51 AM

    Any way to add a NOT operator to the search engine?

    Here's why: I'm searching for a "versionII" product, and the results return "versionII" and "versionIII". I'd like to filter out the "versionIII" results because it's a model I do not want.

    Thanks for letting me ask!

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  18. andrewlMay 4, 2010 at 8:58 AM

    Interesting idea, I like it. Yes, I will add it eventually.

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  19. AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    By the way, I just discovered the site today, and have been checking it out (I'm looking for a plinking gun to target shoot) and it's really quite cool. The results are very good, it's fast, and there are sites I had not known about.

    Thank you!
    (from the guy who asked about the NOT operator)

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  20. AnonymousJune 15, 2010 at 8:28 PM

    Wow, this is very nice. Very cool - Thanks!

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  21. AnonymousJune 15, 2010 at 8:31 PM

    Could you add www.texasclhforum.com and www.texasguntalk.com?

    Thanks!

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  22. EditorJuly 9, 2010 at 8:25 AM

    The 6mmbr.com Forum is now the AccurateShooter.com Shooters Forum.

    We have a very active classifieds section in the Marketplace boards at:

    http://accurateshooter.com/Bulletin

    Please update your links.

    Thank You!

    Paul McM
    Webmaster, mailbox@6mmbr.com

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  23. EditorJuly 9, 2010 at 8:26 AM

    My bad, correct that link to:

    http://accurateshooter.com/forum

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  24. AnonymousJuly 11, 2010 at 6:25 PM

    Hello
    How can the Watch Freeks forum be added to your list?

    http://www.watchfreeks.com

    I look forward to hearing from you and thank you.

    James - ebsboards@gmail.com

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  25. AnonymousJuly 11, 2010 at 6:27 PM

    I second that, I would like to see watchfreeks.com added to the list as well. Great site.

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  26. AnonymousJuly 11, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    I second that to add watchfreeks.com.

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  27. AnonymousJuly 30, 2010 at 5:57 PM

    These sites have not been updating at all lately, not sure how to reach you!!

    forums.watchuseek.com
    No new/matching ads in the past 1 day(s).
    chronocentric.com
    No new/matching ads in the past 1 day(s).

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  28. AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    Watchuseek has been lost?

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  29. AnonymousAugust 18, 2010 at 4:53 PM

    First of all, THANK you for a fantastic tool, and keep up the good job - it is greatly appreciated!

    Having said that, I noticed others already pointed out that Watchuseek is no longer working. Can you be so kind as to check it out?

    Again, thank you for a great tool and resource - here's hoping WUS gets "reinstated" soon enough!

    Cheers,

    Marcello GT

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  30. RetoAugust 20, 2010 at 1:22 AM

    Andrew, I just wanted to let you know that we have a new sales forum "Price is less then USD 100" at this URL
    http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/list.php?50
    Also I have included a link to your website elitedealseeker.blogspot.com in our Pull Down Menu

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