We have been working hard to improve our radio directory listings recently. We hope you have already noticed the difference but if you havent here are a list of what we have been up to. :nerd:
:star: More radios being indexed. Our database of radio stations we currently index has grown to over 20,000. We check ALL 20,000 servers every 15 minutes to keep our listings fresh. The more stations we index the more load on our servers which is why we have upgraded recently.
:star: Search box results improved. Searches performed with our search box now uses the same improved algorithm as our genre browsing pages. This means that we remove all duplicate servers and collate all relays into the final total listener figure by which the stations are sorted.
:star: New radio discovery agent. We have a brand spanking new program which discovers new radio stations regularly meaning our index should grow well over time. Think of it as our new online radio scanner.
:star: New sort options becoming available. We have started gathering data on tunein's for each radio that is listed in the directory. This allows us to better rank stations based on how much they are tuned into. Although this doesnt affect the genre page listings at the moment it is being used for the order of "Popular Radio Stations" on the homepage.
We hope you like the improvements and as always please feel free to give us feedback. In fact we have a small feedback link available on the bottom of each genre page which links to the forum feedback area (anonymous posting enabled). Or simply reply here :
:star: More radios being indexed. Our database of radio stations we currently index has grown to over 20,000. We check ALL 20,000 servers every 15 minutes to keep our listings fresh. The more stations we index the more load on our servers which is why we have upgraded recently.
:star: Search box results improved. Searches performed with our search box now uses the same improved algorithm as our genre browsing pages. This means that we remove all duplicate servers and collate all relays into the final total listener figure by which the stations are sorted.
:star: New radio discovery agent. We have a brand spanking new program which discovers new radio stations regularly meaning our index should grow well over time. Think of it as our new online radio scanner.
:star: New sort options becoming available. We have started gathering data on tunein's for each radio that is listed in the directory. This allows us to better rank stations based on how much they are tuned into. Although this doesnt affect the genre page listings at the moment it is being used for the order of "Popular Radio Stations" on the homepage.
We hope you like the improvements and as always please feel free to give us feedback. In fact we have a small feedback link available on the bottom of each genre page which links to the forum feedback area (anonymous posting enabled). Or simply reply here :