diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 1312ba559a..8887c2b25c 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -1721,3 +1721,14 @@ David  14 Feb 2012
 
     client/
         work_fetch.cpp
+
+David  15 Feb 2012
+    - web: in user search, show most recent rather than oldest users
+    - web: don't show URL in account page if expavg_credit < 1.
+        This discourages a type of spam.
+
+    html/
+        inc/
+            user.inc
+        user/
+            user_search.php
diff --git a/html/inc/user.inc b/html/inc/user.inc
index 9667cb693d..ceb90b770c 100644
--- a/html/inc/user.inc
+++ b/html/inc/user.inc
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ function show_user_summary_public($user) {
     row2(tra("User ID"), $user->id);
     row2(tra("%1 member since", PROJECT), date_str($user->create_time));
     row2(tra("Country"), $user->country);
-    if (strlen($user->url)) {
+    // don't show URL if user has no recent credit (spam suppression)
+    //
+    if (strlen($user->url) && $user->expavg_credit > 1) {
         row2(tra("URL"), "<a href=\"http://$user->url\">http://$user->url</a>");
     }
     if (!no_computing()) {
diff --git a/html/user/user_search.php b/html/user/user_search.php
index c2a66f5593..b64e8ab031 100644
--- a/html/user/user_search.php
+++ b/html/user/user_search.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ function search_action() {
         $where .= " and has_profile=0";
     }
     $fields = "id, create_time, name, country, total_credit, expavg_credit, teamid, url, has_profile, donated";
-    $users = BoincUser::enum_fields($fields, $where, "limit 100");
+    $users = BoincUser::enum_fields($fields, $where, "order by id desc limit 100");
     $search_type = get_str('search_type', true);
     if ($search_type == 'date') {
         usort($users, 'compare_create_time');