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Want to be able to set default sort order for searches

1,226 1,067 May 9, 2025 at 07:47 AM
When I search for something on Slickdeals, like "laptop", I want the results to be shown to be in the order they were posted, starting with the most recent. There's an option to pick "Newest", but it's never the default. I don't care what SD thinks is relevant, which is the default sort order.

Filtering at the left (as mentioned in this thread: https://slickdeals.net/e/13026979-newbie-needs-to-know-how-to-sort-by-newest-so-i-can-see-only-new-deals ) isn't the same. Because, even if I pick the last week or whatever, they're not sorted.

Can you add an option to the profile settings to let users pick the default sort order for searches?
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05-09-2025 at 02:02 PM.
05-09-2025 at 02:02 PM.
I agree with this. I had even thought about making this post a few days ago but didn't because I don't think anyone cares and it's pointless. Whoever made this the default has poor decision-making judgement. You can't fix that.

I am constantly changing the view from the default "Relevance" to "Newest" because the returned results are mostly irrelevant and I wanted to view them in order anyway, just like it used to be.
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05-11-2025 at 08:40 PM.
05-11-2025 at 08:40 PM.
Quote from GeekPriest :
When I search for something on Slickdeals, like "laptop", I want the results to be shown to be in the order they were posted, starting with the most recent. There's an option to pick "Newest", but it's never the default. I don't care what SD thinks is relevant, which is the default sort order.

Filtering at the left (as mentioned in this thread: https://slickdeals.net/e/13026979-newbie-needs-to-know-how-to-sort-by-newest-so-i-can-see-only-new-deals ) isn't the same. Because, even if I pick the last week or whatever, they're not sorted.

Can you add an option to the profile settings to let users pick the default sort order for searches?
Quote from BigBG :
I agree with this. I had even thought about making this post a few days ago but didn't because I don't think anyone cares and it's pointless. Whoever made this the default has poor decision-making judgement. You can't fix that.

I am constantly changing the view from the default "Relevance" to "Newest" because the returned results are mostly irrelevant and I wanted to view them in order anyway, just like it used to be.
Thank you both for the suggestion regarding newest vs relevance. I agree that being able to set a default search sort method would be a nice feature.

Your feedback has been shared with the product team for consideration as they continue to work on search.
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05-11-2025 at 09:01 PM.
05-11-2025 at 09:01 PM.
Quote from emceep :
Thank you both for the suggestion regarding newest vs relevance. I agree that being able to set a default search sort method would be a nice feature.

Your feedback has been shared with the product team for consideration as they continue to work on search.
I note that a big reason I search is to check whether my own deal finds have been posted already. I definitely want to see the recent postings first.
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