Author Archives: Ted
Better Results and Resources
I’ve neglected V3GGIE for too long as I have been building other search engines, most visibly Insider Food. However, I’ve started improving V3GGIE with many of the lessons I’ve learned over the past 6 months. Better Resources I’ve removed some … Continue reading
Fat Free Vegan Recipes
We’ve added a new recipe resource to the V3GGIE search engine. Fat Free Vegan Recipes is exactly what it sounds like. This web site is filled with recipes contributed by its users. It’s nice to have more vegan options. Here’s … Continue reading
Get more information with related terms
Search results now include up to three related terms for each result. This will make it even easier to find new recipes, news, and ideas.
Culinary School Guide finds V3GGIE useful
The Culinary School Guide web site just posted an extensive list of search engines for recipes, nutrition, restaurants, and more: 100 Useful Search Engines for Chefs, Cooks and Food Lovers. They were nice enough to include V3GGIE in their list. … Continue reading
Eat-Out.net added to local resources
I’ve been busy working on a new iteration of the V3GGIE.com site. I’m hoping to debut it soon, stay tuned. I’ve added a new resource to the local search: Eat-Out.net. This is a user-driven restaurant site. You can add your … Continue reading
Simpler pages, new source, new links, and a new logo
Lots of changes to V3GGIE this week. The most obvious change is the search box. I’ve removed the tabs and made it easier to just search for the information. Originally, I planned on having different sections for each topic. However, … Continue reading
Alt Search Engines mentions V3GGIE
Alt Search Engines, a blog that highlights cutting edge and niche search engines, recently posted a review of V3GGIE: Good and good for you – nutrition search engines. Thank you for the constructive advice.
V3GGIE is now accessible to screen readers
I was having an issue with the pages being inaccessible to screen readers. I found that my use of deferring the ads until after the page loaded was breaking the virtual buffer of screen readers. If this sounds like a … Continue reading
Early bug fixes and updates
It’s only been a week since I launched V3GGIE and the bug fixes and improvements are coming along. Bug fixes: The search form had bad code for the search button. I don’t know what I was thinking when I put … Continue reading
Welcome to the V3GGIE search blog
This blog is primarily to track updates and changes to the search engine, accept feedback for future enhancements, and to highlight popular searches as time goes by. It may seem a bit dry, as blogging goes. For more interesting vegetarian … Continue reading