Bostonsquares has been revamped!
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davis_squareA couple of months ago we posted to Live Journal members about a site
we created at http://www.bostonsquares.com. The site is an index of
local restaurants, bars and other businesses organized by square. We
received lots of great feedback from Live Journal and in the time
since then we've implemented a major overhaul of the site based on it.
http://beta.bostonsquares.com
Today we are releasing the beta of the new site. The purpose of this
is to get user feedback on the new design and features before we
release the live version on the original http://www.bostonsquares.com
Here are some of the new features that we are very excited about:
1. The site is now a "wiki" so any registered users can edit the
business information in our index. Now if you see something that is
out of date, incomplete, or that could be better written, you can
easily fix it yourself. If you think of a business that's missing,
you can also easily add it. It's extremely simple and very powerful.
We hope you will take a look.
2. We've brought back the search feature and it is better than ever
before. Try a search for "beer davis", for instance, if you are
looking for beer in Davis square. Watch for a list of search
suggestions that appear as you type.
3. Users can now submit comments and reviews as well as a positive
or negative rating of the businesses. These ratings are tallied to
form an overall popularity rating for the business. We accept
anonymous comments as well as comments from registered users.
4. You can now choose to sort businesses by popularity or alphabetical order.
5. There is a new, simplified home page that is more useful for new
users. Once you have an account, the home page is replaced with one
that is more personalized and includes more features , such as a
"recently updated businesses" list for our registered users
6. We have added a new "request update" feature for those times when
you notice that there is something wrong with a business listing but
you are not sure how to correct it. You can just simply click
"request update" to flag the business so that other users are alerted
to the problem.
7. We've added a lot more data. We've been hard at work taking
pictures in Porter and Central square, both of which are complete now.
I think it's probably safe to say that we are now the most complete
reference for the Red Line. But we aren't stopping there! We are
currently working to fill out our content in Copley and Kenmore
square, so be on the lookout for even more data.
8. All ads are now gone. We can't guarantee that they'll never
return, but for now we thought that they weren't worth the screen
real-estate they took up.
As always, we really appreciate any feedback you have.
Mark and Matt
Boston Squares
we created at http://www.bostonsquares.com. The site is an index of
local restaurants, bars and other businesses organized by square. We
received lots of great feedback from Live Journal and in the time
since then we've implemented a major overhaul of the site based on it.
http://beta.bostonsquares.com
Today we are releasing the beta of the new site. The purpose of this
is to get user feedback on the new design and features before we
release the live version on the original http://www.bostonsquares.com
Here are some of the new features that we are very excited about:
1. The site is now a "wiki" so any registered users can edit the
business information in our index. Now if you see something that is
out of date, incomplete, or that could be better written, you can
easily fix it yourself. If you think of a business that's missing,
you can also easily add it. It's extremely simple and very powerful.
We hope you will take a look.
2. We've brought back the search feature and it is better than ever
before. Try a search for "beer davis", for instance, if you are
looking for beer in Davis square. Watch for a list of search
suggestions that appear as you type.
3. Users can now submit comments and reviews as well as a positive
or negative rating of the businesses. These ratings are tallied to
form an overall popularity rating for the business. We accept
anonymous comments as well as comments from registered users.
4. You can now choose to sort businesses by popularity or alphabetical order.
5. There is a new, simplified home page that is more useful for new
users. Once you have an account, the home page is replaced with one
that is more personalized and includes more features , such as a
"recently updated businesses" list for our registered users
6. We have added a new "request update" feature for those times when
you notice that there is something wrong with a business listing but
you are not sure how to correct it. You can just simply click
"request update" to flag the business so that other users are alerted
to the problem.
7. We've added a lot more data. We've been hard at work taking
pictures in Porter and Central square, both of which are complete now.
I think it's probably safe to say that we are now the most complete
reference for the Red Line. But we aren't stopping there! We are
currently working to fill out our content in Copley and Kenmore
square, so be on the lookout for even more data.
8. All ads are now gone. We can't guarantee that they'll never
return, but for now we thought that they weren't worth the screen
real-estate they took up.
As always, we really appreciate any feedback you have.
Mark and Matt
Boston Squares
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