Hi All,
Nipponster web search is having a technical problem today and you won’t be able to do any web searches
I’m so sorry that I caused this problem; I am really distressed over this. Please know that I take this very seriously. I am working diligently to correct the problem and to ensure that [...]
September 9, 2008 – 4:36 pm
Hi All,
Just another quick update. As mentioned before this blog is suspended for now.
Instead all of the action will be on DailyJ
ALSOAnyone who wants to contribute to Nipponster development can check out the new Nipponster Lab on the JapanLabs social networking site!See you there!
To better focus efforts on creating a better search engine I am suspending this blog.
(ok, I know that sounds counterintuitive, but let me explain)
I need to focus resources and time where they will produce the best results.
Writing two blogs (this one and DailyJ) is too much.
So future Nipponster messages will be posted on DailyJ instead.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be moving this blog from Blogger to Wordpress.
Since launching DailyJ as a wordpress blog back in September 2007 I have fallen head over heels in love with wordpress. (A special thanks goes to Jamaipanese for suggesting it over blogger)
And although I have a deep love for [...]
March 20, 2008 – 11:43 am
This blog post, written well over 6 months ago, resonates with me today even more than it did then. With the launch of DailyJ and the re-launch of Japanopedia I spread myself rather thin and neglected Nipponster. At the time of this post part of me felt like throwing in the towel and today too [...]
January 30, 2008 – 4:09 pm
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 [...]
January 18, 2008 – 7:00 pm
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 [...]
January 16, 2008 – 7:51 pm
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 [...]
January 5, 2008 – 12:43 am
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 [...]
January 4, 2008 – 11:52 pm
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 [...]
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