[Degger*]

I found it by mistake

No it was not a mistake, it was prediction :wink: *just kidding

[Degger*]

OK guys.. good job at most blatantly ripping other sites' content. In the past, you have often done that without giving the credits. Everybody reading IT news on a broader level can tell the 5 tech sites of which you used to rip 80% of your news... amazing how you got away with it over the years..

Cheers
M

Man, you are right. We are doing nothing else than 99,9 % of all enthusiast websites.
And of course, there are 5 Top sites everybody is using as sources. Btw, these top 5 websites getting there news from news agencys. dpa, reuters, cnet....are there more ?
But haven´t you noticed the other, round about 40 - 50 websites we visit every day to find some nice scoops ?

I don t have the requirement to be on of the top sources. Cause you can t reach that as an enthusiast website. But i have the requirement to collect the most interesting news which are posted a day and give the visitors an good overview what happens in IT.
So that the visitors don´t have to visit 5 or more sites to be up date. One stop should be enough and i would be happy if this stop would be W2s.
Ok, i could do something what other websites do: Collect news from Top 5 sources, creating own words and post them without sources. Than this website looks professional, but they are not. But this is unfair, in my opinion.
So i grap the news bits and send user to the main article.
And btw, on the other hand i am posting for a german website which is also a reliable print magazine. where do you think they got there news from ?.................... :wink:
Cheers,
Have a nice day.

Btw, guys, if there s some content missing on w2s, tell me what you are missing.

[_pulsar_]

Since i am visiting warp2search on a regular basis, i think i should also post my comments on what i like and what i do not like that much.

Pros:
- good content mixture (hardware vs software)
- update frequency: maybe not daily (seems to have improved in the past few weeks) but quite enough to an update 2-3 times the week.

Cons (it's always easier to point out whats bad):
- Website: outdated, usability leaves a big space for improvement (comment system, links to external sources is accessible most of the time on the article detail page)
- Advertising: Banners are something i can live with, pop ups rather not. Reminds me of geocities and warezkiddies pages. leaves a very bitter taste of unprofessionallity.
- Backend: Seems unstable, from time to time the front page is not accessible (due database issues afair). Same applies to this forum here.

I would recommend changing / updating the Backend-System which brings some more "web2.0" features and maybe having a look at other hosting offers. Maybe you could get rid of the aggressive popups by moving to a cheaper root-box in Germany which start at 30 EUR/Month with plenty of traffic (either unlimited or something like >1TB)

Let me know if i can give you a hand with the hosting stuff. It is closely related to my daytime job and i might be of help to you here.

[Degger*]

What especially you mean with "Web 2.0" content ?

[_pulsar_]

What especially you mean with "Web 2.0" content ?

Bells and whistles mostly. Web 2.0 is no different to Web 1.0 - just another buzzword for thinks like DHTML (today AJAX), Content-Mashups (i.e. integrating content from youtube, google maps etc)

Those recycled technologies can be used wisely to greatly improve the look and feel of warp2search - especially the usability. It is not a must to have, but if a backend system already brings such nice dynamic features along - hell yeah!

[Degger*]

and i always thought: make it clean, easy and simple. only pure news :-) well, what you are saying is not bad and you are right.
but it isn t that easy to improve slightly :wink: Just at the moment i am sitting down and my head burns how to improve. i am testing and checking different color themes but i am missing the right *click *fg

[Degger*]

I would like to thank you for your open words. thanks for the praise and thanks for the critics.
Lot of things your are talking about will come in Warp2Search V.2. Including Feeds, and advertisment update and more.

thanks again !

and if you would like to support us with some news, don t hesitate to contact me or leave your news in our submit news forum.