Gamespot... using your search function both with your main page and through your forums is not good, to put it lightly. You have a lot of content on your site, but it is hardly accessibly unless you truly know what you're looking for. Even if you happen to know what you're looking for you probably won't find it unless it is on your main page or recent.
A couple of suggestions:
1. Ditch the current system and start new. You have already enacted the "Garden Wall" approach to advertising before I can even access your website. As annoying as the in your face DRAGON AGE ORGINS 2!!! opening advertisement is, I am hoping with the money you make from that will allow gamespot to implement a reasonable search function into your website.
If 1 isn't in the cards, here are two practical suggestions to implement in the current system
2. Many of the games are f'ing Japanesed english. Spelling is a clear barrier for many people when attempting to use your search engine. DISGAEA is the first game that comes to mind. Misspelling something even by 1 letter results in no results. Add something like "possible alternatives" so I don't have to use Google to figure out how the hell to spell it. FYI Google will often bring up reviews, previews etc from IGN and your competitors.
3. Relevance should be included in the search... Currently if I type something in like starcraft I get a decent number of possible entries, but this could be improved greatly. Allowing me to organize my searches by genre, spelling either descending or ascending etc would be nice.
I read the other forum posts, but both community and moderator responses have been somewhat sparse. I encourage everyone interested in this necessary update to post their suggestions under this new thread. Hopefully it will get noticed and we will have an even more capable site for videogame information.
stepping off soap box
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