Update(2008.04.10): Fortunately, YouTube added sort by view count feature again hence, this post is expired. However, I let it remains for possible further reference.
Title is very descriptive and it refers to common problem; every YouTube user wants to sort filtered video results by "view count" and there is a trivial solution. Note that, this is not "yet another view count fix entry". If you google this issue, you can access many blog entries about that. However, this fix is relatively more permanent solution.
YouTube removed the "sort by view count" feature from its user interface but feature is still available. You can still use this feature (although, this time in less user friendly fashion). After searching at YouTube, append &search_sort=video_view_count at the end of the URL in the address bar and press enter to search again. Hence, results will be view count sorted at this time.
In order to make this solution more permanent (easily repeatable), I implemented below solution (Screenshots are from Firefox but steps cover both Firefox and IE - Internet Explorer):
1. Be sure that "Bookmarks Toolbar" is visible by checking View > Toolbars > Bookmarks Toolbar (IE: View > Toolbars > Links).
2. Open "New Bookmark" dialog by right clicking Bookmarks Toolbar and select "New Bookmark..." (IE: Favorites > Organize Favorites... right click unused item under "Links" folder and click to "Properties").
3. In this bookmark, we want to append &search_sort=video_view_count prefix to current URL and redirect to this new address. We can handle this operation with below JavaScript code snippet.
javascript:window.open(document.location + %22&search_sort=video_view_count%22);
4. Give appropriate name (for this case: "YouSort") for bookmark and paste above snippet to the "Location" field (IE: Insert the snippet into "URL" field).
5. Sort by view count button for YouTube is ready to use. You can use this button at search result pages (IE: Use Firefox ;) ).
Have fun...
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