New Site Design
Apr 17, 2012
Today I launched my new page design. I took lots of feed back from very giving individuals and used it to make things prettier and easier to use. Also I amped up the recommendation engine. So please take it out for a spin and see if it recommends events that are interesting.
Interactive Widget Now Available
Apr 4, 2012
The Event Guru widget can now be made interactive. Just click the "Interactive Widget" checkbox in the "Widget" menu. Here's what it looks like: interactive widget.
Google Gadget Support
Apr 3, 2012
I added a nice little gadget or widget for your iGoogle homepage. It has a built-in mini-gui so you can customize your event search experience within the iGoogle framework. Add the event gadget / widget to iGoogle.
A bigger screenshot is on Flickr.
You can also add it to your Google Site by clicking on the "Insert" menu and selecting "More Gadgets". You might have to manually enter the URL because it might not be visible in the gadget search directory yet: right click and copy this url.
And you can see the event widget on Google Sites as an example.
New Layout and Personalized Event Recommendations
Mar 22, 2012
Now Event Guru generates events "Just for You". Tailored to YOUR interests. It can also email you these events on a regular basis. For it to work the best, you need to login to Facebook. Event Guru now also has color-coded constraint bars that appear atop the search results. That way you don't get confused as to what you're looking at. And its also now able to easily invite your friends and get driving directions to an event. To do that, just click on the event in the search results and then click the appropriate icon on the following page. New documentation on the event widget here or here.
Too many changes to list here, so you'll just have to see for yourself!
International Events
Mar 20, 2012
Just added better international and location support. Event Guru will ask for your current latitude and longitude. And you can now enter in any city or country in the location search box. This makes a lot of sense as we build up our collection of outside-the-U.S. events.
Documentation
Mar 18, 2012
Added the Developer API, a new Help page for explaining query syntax, as well as a more intricate Bio Timeline for myself.
Facebook Support
Feb 28, 2012
Facebook support is now integrated. In addition to changing the domain name from Flurbit.com to EventGuru.com, we also sport a new logo. The collection of events is absolutely huge now. I probably have double or triple all the other event sites combined.
First Update
Jan 31, 2012
We are now the biggest collection of events in the U.S. As expected, the competition's manual system was no match for Flurbit's crawler's speed. Now I need to improve the website.
Intro
Jan 14, 2012
Just launched Flurbit. The web design still needs improvement and probably need to change the name. It is not quite the largest event search engine in the U.S. but it is close and gaining. Being the only automated crawler I expect it to be the biggest soon.
Now Event Guru generates events "Just for You". Tailored to YOUR interests. It can also email you these events on a regular basis. For it to work the best, you need to login to Facebook. Event Guru now also has color-coded constraint bars that appear atop the search results. That way you don't get confused as to what you're looking at. And its also now able to easily invite your friends and get driving directions to an event. To do that, just click on the event in the search results and then click the appropriate icon on the following page. New documentation on the event widget here or here.
Too many changes to list here, so you'll just have to see for yourself!