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It's been a long time coming, but we have now released our new search results page. We've tried to make the page less cluttered, and have also tried to arrange the filters in a more intuitive fashion. If the page doesn't look quite right, try doing a hard-refresh of your browser (try ctrl-F5).

These changes resulted from many uesr interviews and much internal discussion. If you have any feedback, please let us know.

It's been a long time coming, but we have now released our new search results page. We've tried to make the page less cluttered, and have also tried to arrange the filters in a more intuitive fashion. If the page doesn't look quite right, try doing a hard-refresh of your browser (try ctrl-F5).

These changes resulted from many uesr interviews and much internal discussion. If you have any feedback, please let us know.

We've had a number of providers claim their profiles and add information. Up until recently, however, DocSpot's structured search feature did not include this user-contributed information. For example, if you specifically search for a doctor whose profile includes a bio, you'll now see doctors who have added biographical information after claiming their profiles. There is about a day's delay for newly added information to show up in the searches, but the process is automated. This is just yet another step in making your search for an appropriate provider easier.

We've had a number of providers claim their profiles and add information. Up until recently, however, DocSpot's structured search feature did not include this user-contributed information. For example, if you specifically search for a doctor whose profile includes a bio, you'll now see doctors who have added biographical information after claiming their profiles. There is about a day's delay for newly added information to show up in the searches, but the process is automated. This is just yet another step in making your search for an appropriate provider easier.

Choosing your DocSpot username has just taken on additional significance. If others know your username, they can now navigate directly to your DocSpot profile by visiting http://www.docspot.com/user/[username]. For example, if someone wanted to visit Dr. Finkel's DocSpot profile, he or she can go to http://www.docspot.com/user/sanfordfinkel instead of https://www.docspot.com/user/1858639048. The older URL format still works, but the newer one is easier to remember.

Good luck choosing that perfect username for others to remember you by!

Choosing your DocSpot username has just taken on additional significance. If others know your username, they can now navigate directly to your DocSpot profile by visiting http://www.docspot.com/user/[username]. For example, if someone wanted to visit Dr. Finkel's DocSpot profile, he or she can go to http://www.docspot.com/user/sanfordfinkel instead of https://www.docspot.com/user/1858639048. The older URL format still works, but the newer one is easier to remember.

Good luck choosing that perfect username for others to remember you by!

Recently, we've been hearing more about people running up against the CAPTCHA security code, and in some cases, even reaching the limit. When I first heard about this, I was quite surprised because I thought we had pretty generous limits in place. I checked the logs and found that indeed, some people were browsing our pages far more than I originally anticipated.

Recently, we've been hearing more about people running up against the CAPTCHA security code, and in some cases, even reaching the limit. When I first heard about this, I was quite surprised because I thought we had pretty generous limits in place. I checked the logs and found that indeed, some people were browsing our pages far more than I originally anticipated.

The background on the CAPTCHA is that we put them in place to prevent unauthorized access by automated scripts. Not knowing what limits to put into place, I picked some arbitrary numbers that sounded pretty high to me at that time. However, now that we've heard about this issue multiple times, we've raised the limits. If you still run into the inconvenience of having to repeatedly enter the verification code, feel free to drop us a line through the contact form.

We've been wanting to update our search results page for some time now. We've received feedback that the filters on the left side were too complex or sometimes missed completely. As a result, we've redesigned the page so that the filters appear at the top, and the selection of the specific options (e.g. "Has an average rating of 3 stars or more") will appear in a popup dialog box. This is just a heads-up -- these changes should be rolling out over the next couple of weeks.

We've been wanting to update our search results page for some time now. We've received feedback that the filters on the left side were too complex or sometimes missed completely. As a result, we've redesigned the page so that the filters appear at the top, and the selection of the specific options (e.g. "Has an average rating of 3 stars or more") will appear in a popup dialog box. This is just a heads-up -- these changes should be rolling out over the next couple of weeks.

Later, we plan on redesigning our search forms and the user profile pages. If you have any feedback, let us know.