[Blatant Spam] 118.com

Richard M · 07-08-2005, 14:40

www.118.com

Thoughts?
Good or no?
Dunno why I'm thinking about work on a Sunday but I'd like to know what you think of that site. How does it compare to something like yell.com etc?

punky · 07-08-2005, 14:47

Looks good at first glance.

That "company name" green graphic might be a bit too dark to pass the disability regulations. You are supposed to be able to photocopy it 3 times and still read it. Some hard-of-sight might struggle. Graphics looks good though, will give it a proper test later.

andygrif · 07-08-2005, 15:46

Again, first glance looks pretty good...it's fast. However searching for "Photographers in Bedfordshire" brings up photographic stores. Yell splits them up. Just a heads-up.

Richard M · 07-08-2005, 16:09

Cheers, it is fast for what it does (300 lines of M$ SQL stored procedures!) but I agree that the search needs some refining.
I'd like everyone who reads this thread to test it please and post back with your experience. Thanks.

ntl customer · 07-08-2005, 16:09

Looks nice, but you really need to fix locations.

For example, I've tried some in my locality ...

Like "kebab shops in esher" - no results. When I very well know for a fact there's one in the High Street as I've been in it many a time!

If you search for "florists in hersham", the addresses are all wrong. They say "Kingston upon Thames"- er, no. All of these are either located in Hersham or Walton on Thames - yes they might be part of the Kingston "KT" postcode, but they are quite a faw away from Kingston.

Florists in Esher brings out the same results re. the "Kingston" problem: -

There seems to be a whole load businesses around this area that appear to be lumped in the "Kingston" area. For example my local chippy appears to be in "Kingston upon Thames" although I know for a fact that the said shop is on a main road nowhere near Kingston. The postcode and map is correct, though.

AndrewJ · 07-08-2005, 16:32

Impressive but I am with the mass majority of refining the search system. It does have promise though

and I like the layout compared to scoot.com

Gareth · 07-08-2005, 17:33

Yep, I too think that it needs to offer the ability to narrow down searches. For example, I type in something very vague such as 'television in Swindon', and it returns lots of different categoris, ie elevision & Radio Stations, Television, Video & Audio Repair, Radio & Television Aerials - Suppliers & Erectors (

), but these category links are not hyperlinks, and the results are not categorised according to category. I would like to be able to click on a category hyperlink and see all results returned for that category only. Does that make sense?

Otherwise, the layout is not cluttered, so that's a good oint, and the results are fast (although I guess the site's not getting hit hard at the moment, so that's not necessarily a true indication... tried it with LoadRunner yet?).

Overall, it looks promising.

MrBen · 07-08-2005, 17:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by ntl customer

Like "kebab shops in esher" - no results. When I very well know for a fact there's one in the High Street as I've been in it many a time!

Nice kebab place that one been there many a time too

Layout is nice. Only thing I noticed was some overlap in FireFox 1.0.6 as per image below...

Ben

**Maggy** · 07-08-2005, 17:59

I went for Cinemas in Portsmouth.got em all plus some extras

Raistlin · 07-08-2005, 18:16

Looks good on the whole.

I, like others, am getting a bit if overlap in FF.

I'm also having trouble with the Search.

"Chinese St Ives" finds only 1 in St Ives, Cambs. (Cheery Valley). However if I search for "Welcome Chinese St Ives" it finds the other one (The Welcome".

Richard M · 07-08-2005, 20:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Incognitas

I went for Cinemas in Portsmouth.got em all plus some extras

Not sure what you mean Incog?
Hint: I'm not from Portsmouth.

**Maggy** · 07-08-2005, 20:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

Not sure what you mean Incog?
Hint: I'm not from Portsmouth.

One of the cinemas is ON the Isle of Wight and nothing to do with Portsmouth and the other cinema is in West Sussex.Portsmouth is in Hampshire.

Angua · 07-08-2005, 20:23

Not bad but the towns and roads are crap. All the OX28 postcodes shown below should be Witney and the one circled should be West End (there seems to be a problem with non standard road terms)

Halcyon · 08-08-2005, 15:55

Seems easy to use.
Though Yell and 118 seem to do the same service basically.
It seems clear and easy to navigate. I should use it more often but never remember to.

Paul K · 08-08-2005, 16:22

It doesn't seem to like some places at all, gave it an easy task to look up and it failed miserably. Might want to teach it that there is a Rainham in Kent and in Essex lol