1.) You guys covered four stories on this topic last week, but I only see one story today. What happened?
Don’t worry. You still have unlimited access to all of the previous links we’ve covered on any given story. To access these older links, just click on the headline of the story block and you will be directed to a page that includes all the articles that are relevant to the topic.

2.) What’s up with this subscribe feature? Are you trying to stalk me?
No, we are not trying to stalk you (as if…). Instead of sending us an email to be included on all of our updates (e.g. breaking news alerts, elections reports, and weekly updates), users can now customize how often they wish to hear from us with our subscription form. You also have the ability to sign up for our newly introduced RSS feature. C’mon, don’t be shy…it only takes about 20 seconds to fill out the form (and yes, I’ve actually timed it).

3.) So I subscribed to your RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feed, now what?
Once you have finished filling out the SF Usual Suspects subscription form, you will be taken to a separate page displaying our RSS Feed. To finalize the RSS subscription and attach a link of the feed to your browser, please click the “Subscribe Now” button. Once you click “Subscribe Now,” you’ll have unfettered access to the latest local political news - readily accessible from your web browser and/or your mobile phone.

4.) I like the new searchable archive but what about using tags?
I like the way you think! We are in the process of developing a comprehensive site tag system that we will roll out later this summer. Stay tuned for updates.

5.) If the archive is searchable, why do I still see your old “Chron 0108″ or “Ex 0211″ link style after making a search request?
Previously, all of the hyperlinks in our archive were simply distinguished by the abbreviated name of the periodical and the date the story was published. These items provided little to no information for our readers as you previously had to click on a hyperlink to determine what the attached article was actually about. From this point forward, we will catalogue all links to political news stories using the actual titles of the articles and (in a few months) we will tag stories as well. This change in the manner that we aggregate the news will ultimately provide active and comprehensive search queries for readers and will develop our archive into a powerful information resource and research tool as time moves forward.

6.) Why don’t you covert the old links from your archive as well?
For those of you who are already thinking it, we DO have interns. However, we actually like them and we’ve decided not to ask them to re-categorize the thousands of links that we’ve imported from our previous site. From this point forward, we will be collecting comprehensive information about each of stories we link to and we will be adding new searchable content each day. Moreover, our previous archive is still intact. The more time we spend updating the new site, the more comprehensive the database will become.

7.) I’ve noticed an error on your site, who should I contact to make sure that it is addressed?
As with any new site, there is a good chance that you may encounter a few bugs or hiccups during your initial experience. We are confident that these will be extremely rare occurrences; however, if you notice something that needs to be fixed, please email me and I’ll be sure to take care of it for you.