Polls! Everybody loves Polls!
My Searches
About the new 'My Searches' dropdown and tab, do you...
51.97% 18.94% 29.09%Total votes: 5771
New Video Site?
As a fun side project, I'm thinking of making a little site to help you find dvd rentals. Basically you'd get a custom google map with the locations of all the blockbusters, hollywood videos, redboxes, etc., near you. Then you could enter a movie and see which locations have stock, the price, etc. Do you think you might use such a thing?
22.21% 44.25% 25.78% 7.77%Total votes: 4314
Obviously it wouldn't be groundbreaking, but I figure it could save a bit of time. Might look at linking it into Netflix and similar sites too, so you could compare with those options.
Info bubbles
The info bubbles that appear when you click the zip and keywords fields, and the one that describes the image preview option... Do you
14.50% 26.61% 58.89%Total votes: 669
(I realize it may be a combination of 1 and 3 or something; just try to pick the closest answer. Feel free to email me if I've missed something.)
Turf Amazon?
In the last poll, I noticed that no one was too interested in the new option to include Amazon results.
Do you think I should just get rid of that option entirely?
5.92% 38.05% 56.03%Total votes: 473
Favorite feature reloaded
Restarting the poll for an important addition...
Of these, which is your favorite new feature?
12.15% 22.06% 0.00% 8.91% 56.88%Total votes: 494
Best new feature
Of these, which is your favorite new feature?
32.22% 47.78% 0.56% 19.44%Total votes: 180
Goog
Just checking - at the very bottom of the page (above the navigation bar), what do you see?
50.07% 1.44% 1.44% 22.45% 24.60%Total votes: 695
Apparently some users are having this problem, but I can't recreate it - want to see how widespread it is.
BlueRed
39.53% 60.47%Total votes: 888
Keyword highlighting good?
I added a feature to highlight your search terms in ads (in the enhanced results mode).
Don't know how useful it'll be, but it was easy, so I went for it. Now you tell me - is it useful?
46.58% 27.40% 10.96% 15.07%Total votes: 73
(As always with new features, I've given you the option to turn it off - see the checkbox at the top-right.)
New Results Format
Since I just released a cool new results format, I figured it'd be a good time to ask again:
Which is your favorite?
47.59% 17.39% 33.60% 1.41%Total votes: 1351
You can try the new enhanced results format by clicking the Options link at the top-right of the page. Learn more about it here.
Amazon Results
As you may have noticed, I've recently been testing results from Amazon.com on the site. This question is to help me figure out how I can improve them.
9.94% 18.60% 7.82% 1.69% 60.04% 1.90%Total votes: 473
I'll use the results to decide whether to remove the Amazon results completely, show them only for certain categories, or improve them in some other way. Edit: From the answers so far I've decided to keep the Amazon thing around, but make it off by default. You can turn it on using the checkbox on the main page!
Spreading the Word (the word is Searchtempest)
Regarding the new dropdown message on the homepage, asking everyone to help spread the word about Searchtempest - is it...
22.14% 5.10% 18.57% 11.63% 35.31% 7.24%Total votes: 980
(If you haven't seen the message, it should appear after you've used the site a few times. I figure it doesn't make sense to ask newcomers to tell people about the site before they've had a chance to use it!)
Oh, and for those who find it annoying, there's a handy little checkbox to make it neeeever show up again. :)
The Cup
So... who's going to win the Cup?
1.38% 27.59% 5.52% 9.66% 55.86%Total votes: 145
How Sort You?
Which way of sorting the cities do you prefer?
(You can find the options right above the first craigslist city.)
5.64% 69.91% 12.43% 1.90% 2.99% 7.13%Total votes: 2679
Backpage?
If there was a 'craigshelper' for backpage.com, would you use it?
29.18% 39.00% 2.96% 19.57% 9.29%Total votes: 1518
More Stacked Stuff
The new stacked results mode is now the default for new users. What do you think?
54.46% 34.45% 7.96% 3.13%Total votes: 2363
PS: Remember, you can change how the results are displayed by clicking the Options link at the top-right.
Kijijijiji
By the way, have you tried the beta of Craig's Helper Kijiji yet? It's not pretty yet, but it works (or should anyway 
).
14.18% 17.73% 58.87% 9.22%Total votes: 141
What IS Kijiji?
Once people start using the Kijiji site, I'll bring it up to par with the main one, and eventually provide an integrated search with both and possibly Hank's Helper as well.
Scrollygood?
I've rewritten the code for scrolling of the results page (this page), in the default single-frame mode.
Hopefully you'll notice it's somewhat smoother now, especially when you're searching lots of cities. So scroll 'er up and down a bit, and let me know: Is it...
57.14% 9.52% 9.52% 23.81%Total votes: 105
Unfortunately the changes won't work in outdated browsers such as Internet Explorer 6. If you're still using IE6, I highly recommend upgrading to Firefox, or at least to IE7.
Results Formatting
New Site Poll (2)
So, in general, how do you feel about the new site design? (If you never saw the old design, it's still used on the CraigsHelper Kijiji site.)
42.31% 19.81% 16.35% 7.88% 13.65%Total votes: 520
If you have any specific thoughts you'd like to share (and please do!), take a look at the forum topic.
The New Site (1)
I hope everybody (or at least Most of you) like the new site design! For the most part, the update came off without a hitch. There is one minor issue with it still.. or at least, there might be. I'm hoping you can help me determine that.
In Internet Explorer, I'm finding that for no clear reason, sometimes one of the images on the main page (usually near the bottom) doesn't show up. (You just get a red X.). If you refresh, or right-click on the picture and pick "Show Picture", it's back. So... have you experienced this same issue?
8.29% 6.65% 24.57% 60.50%Total votes: 1038
Hide stuff good?
Did you know that you can use the little 
buttons to hide this index and the ads on the right for more space?
33.76% 14.14% 41.04% 11.06%Total votes: 1004
Oh, and from the last poll it looks like the site's running faster for most people since the switch. Good news!
How to enter years?
Over at HanksHelper.com, would you prefer to enter the model years using dropdown boxes (as now), or with text boxes (ie: typing in "1993", etc)?
74.29% 25.71%Total votes: 280
Better.. and Faster?
On Wednesday, Jan. 30, I moved CraigsHelper over to its new home at JTLNet. Since then, have you noticed the site responding...
25.77% 20.41% 17.60% 7.40% 13.01% 15.82%Total votes: 392
Speedy?
Specifically since the recent changes, but in general too.. how fast/reliable is CraigsHelper.com, compared to your (reasonable ;) ) expectations?
53.98% 26.02% 12.03% 3.31% 1.80% 2.86%Total votes: 665
Also, if you have specific issues - the site has stopped responding, or bogged your computer down on certain operations, or maybe it's always slow at certain times of day, please email me. Also I'd be curious whether it has improved recently, and whether your experience with firefox being faster than IE matches mine.
Kijiji
Do you Kijiji?
10.19% 16.91% 72.90%Total votes: 834
Selling on Craigshelper.com
Given the opportunity, would you list items for sale on craigshelper.com, to appear prominantly along with the craigslist results?
40.07% 28.48% 8.28% 23.18%Total votes: 302
(The idea here is that sellers would list the cities that they would deliver to, and buyers, as now, search cities they would pick up from. So overall, you get a better chance of getting people together. Plus, only one copy of the ad would be shown, even if multiple cities matched, so no annoyance of duplicate ads.)
Politics is Everywhere
Just for fun...
27.93% 37.43% 29.61% 5.03%Total votes: 179
login=good?
As you can see, the results of the last poll prompted me to waste a couple of hours making the ideal solution. You can now have the polls at the top OR the bottom - your choice. :)
Now then: "I would like to have the option to log in and save/recall searches on any computer."
45.52% 20.15% 24.63% 3.73% 5.97%Total votes: 134
Poll about the Poll
Speaking of new things, is this a good spot for the new poll? (I'm going for 'visible, but not annoying.')
45.33% 7.33% 39.33% 7.33% 0.67%Total votes: 150
PS: Looks like most people like the new Regions box! You can view the results here.
U.S. Regions Poll (The very first...)
What do you think of the new 'U.S. Regions' dropdown box?
71.29% 0.00% 3.96% 11.88% 10.89% 1.98%Total votes: 101
And of course, if you answered anything other than option (a), please email me and tell me how to make it better!