diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pools.js b/app/assets/javascripts/pools.js
index 125bf3d44..345532c84 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pools.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pools.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         $.getJSON(
           "/pools.json?search[name_matches]=" + req.term,
           function(data) {
-            resp(data.map(function(x) {return x.name;}));
+            resp(data.map(function(x) {return x.name.replace(/_/g, " ");}));
           }
         );
       },
diff --git a/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
index f13245353..086e9a30d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pools_controller.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class PoolsController < ApplicationController
   
   def index
     @search = Pool.active.search(params[:search])
-    @pools = @search.paginate(params[:page]).order("name")
+    @pools = @search.paginate(params[:page]).order("updated_at desc")
     respond_with(@pools)
   end
   
diff --git a/app/models/pool.rb b/app/models/pool.rb
index d0242149f..eab9135b4 100644
--- a/app/models/pool.rb
+++ b/app/models/pool.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
       return q if params.blank?
       
       if params[:name_matches].present?
+        params[:name_matches] = params[:name_matches].tr(" ", "_")
         params[:name_matches] += "*" unless params[:name_matches] =~ /\*/
         q = q.where("name ilike ? escape E'\\\\'", params[:name_matches].to_escaped_for_sql_like)
       end
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
   
   def self.options
-    select_all_sql("SELECT id, name FROM pools WHERE is_active = true AND is_deleted = false ORDER BY name LIMIT 100").map {|x| [x["name"], x["id"]]}
+    select_all_sql("SELECT id, name FROM pools WHERE is_active = true AND is_deleted = false ORDER BY name LIMIT 100").map {|x| [x["name"].tr("_", " "), x["id"]]}
   end
   
   def self.create_anonymous
diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index 4386c6d85..0bcca6419 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -402,10 +402,10 @@ class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
       
       case params[:sort].present?
       when "count"
-        q = q.order("post_count")
+        q = q.order("post_count desc")
         
       when "date"
-        q = q.order("created_at")
+        q = q.order("created_at desc")
 
       else
         q = q.order("name")
diff --git a/app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb b/app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb
index 92ec6eba2..14c93cfca 100644
--- a/app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
     <%= form_tag(pool_element_path, :class => "simple_form") do %>
       <%= hidden_field_tag "post_id", @post.id %>
 
-      <div class="input">
-        <label>Pool</label>
-        <%= select_tag "pool_id", options_for_select([["", ""]] + Pool.options) %>
-      </div>
-      
       <div class="input">
         <label>Pool Name</label>
         <%= text_field_tag "pool_name", "", :size => 20 %>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/index.html.erb b/app/views/pools/index.html.erb
index b63d4fb55..04bd49416 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/index.html.erb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
               
             </td>
             <td>
-              <%= link_to h(pool.name), pool_path(pool) %>
+              <%= link_to h(pool.pretty_name), pool_path(pool) %>
             </td>
             <td>
               <%= link_to h(pool.creator.name), user_path(pool.creator) %>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/show.html.erb b/app/views/pools/show.html.erb
index a5b53d820..6560dc159 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/show.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div id="c-pools">
   <div id="a-show">
-    <h1>Pool: <%= @pool.name %></h1>
+    <h1>Pool: <%= @pool.pretty_name %></h1>
     
     <div id="description">
       <%= format_text(@pool.description) %>