 "Anti-gaming" efforts have been made to lower the effect that a high number of links can have on a story if the links were created in a short period of time, or by a small number of people.The website has a Techmeme Sponsors Program which accepts payment in exchange for a dedicated section for sponsors.A search engine was added to the website on May 20, 2008, which searches all archived stories that have appeared on the website as a full headline.