kaz - 2:06 pm on Oct 5, 2002 (gmt 0)

Regarding how I like it, I have started to use it over the past week and I like it a lot. A few comments regarding usability ...

1) Allow search by date VS relevancy to be identified from the first search. I can only do an initial search by relevancy and then afterwards change to search by date. I found the search by date to be my preference and the search by relevancy to be a little annoying when you use the search every day. When I search news everyday ... search by date provides me what I want, while search by relevancy typically shows me the articles I saw yesterday.

2) Perhaps, put a search box at the bottom of the page also. You scroll to the bottom, don't see what you are looking for and then have to return to top to perform a new search. I think you are already familiar with this concept ;)

3) I "wish" I could save my favorite searches for future use. If I could do this, I would have my own personal newspaper of favorite subjects. This would be just like your major categories (World, US, Business), but instead I would define what those major category searches are.

Overall, I like the news search a lot. I doubt I'd pay for it though unless it provided something I couldn't find anywhere else. The price point would be a factor, and I would consider it right now if it was low (think $5 adwords setup fee). My preference would be targeted advertising though.