I added a new way to sort your collection. It’s called ‘fast moving’ and basically equates to the difference between the current hourly sales rank and the sales rank from the previous day. The difference is displayed next to the current hourly rank in red text. Take a look at a screenshot:

If the current hourly rank happens to be null (this happens once a day as room is cleared for the next day’s rankings) or the previous day’s rank is null (this could happen if you just added the book–it has to be around for a day before it has a daily rank stored) then (0) is displayed and signifies that there’s been no jump.

This feature pulls from the Amazon.com sales rankings for now and doesn’t show you how fast your books are moving on Barnes and Noble or Amazon.co.uk.

Update Also be sure to check out the latest new feature.

I just finished pushing a fresh code update to rankforest.com. Included in this update are several bug fixes, many of which went easily undetected. They weren’t harmful, but they sapped the site of some of its energy doing unnecessary work.

I also added a simple update to the book battle view that lets you hover over an image and see its title. This was suggested by a customer who frequently compares many similar looking items and was having difficulty discerning between them.

This update also includes the site notification feature that I mentioned a previous post and is probably the reason you’re here, reading this post.

Most importantly, this release includes major performance updates. The main item listing view should be 2-10x as fast as it was. The detail pages for items was improved similarly. The charts were also the recipient of some optimization love. You should notice your charts loading faster (after the first view anyway).

I have more updates planned over the next few weeks but I wanted to make sure things were blazing fast first. Nothing’s more annoying than a slow site.

I spent a good deal of time testing the new features but won’t deny the possibility that I might have missed something. If you notice any strange behavior don’t hesitate to let me know.

While the blog is useful for discussing features and maintenance updates, I can never be sure that everyone has seen the latest posts. To make it easier to keep everyone informed, I created a System Notification feature that simply displays a message within your collection if any system notifications are available. To the right of the notification there will be a “dismiss this” link that fades the notification away, never to be seen again.

It’s pretty simple, but I’ll be using it to announce upcoming features and site performance upgrades.