diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index c3f71a0..d807831 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+THIS PROJECT IS VERY MUCH DEAD AND NOT MAINTAINED. IT'S BEEN 6+ YEARS SINCE THE LAST UPDATES. DON'T EXPECT THIS TO WORK.
+
 # jQuery quicksearch plug-in
 
 A [jQuery][jquery_site] based plug-in for filtering large data sets with user input
@@ -156,4 +158,4 @@ Thanks to [Seth F.][thelizardreborn] for fixes and [Krzysiek Goj][goj] for the
 [github_follow]: http://github.com/users/follow?target=riklomas
 [twitter_follow]: http://twitter.com/riklomas
 [thelizardreborn]: http://github.com/thelizardreborn
-[goj]: http://github.com/goj
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+[goj]: http://github.com/goj
diff --git a/jquery.quicksearch.js b/jquery.quicksearch.js
index 7bd6f65..543d828 100644
--- a/jquery.quicksearch.js
+++ b/jquery.quicksearch.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 			stripeRows: null,
 			loader: null,
 			noResults: '',
+			matchedResultsCount: 0,
 			bind: 'keyup',
 			onBefore: function () { 
 				return;
@@ -35,15 +36,17 @@
 		
 		this.go = function () {
 			
-			var i = 0, 
-			noresults = true, 
-			query = options.prepareQuery(val),
-			val_empty = (val.replace(' ', '').length === 0);
+			var i = 0,
+				numMatchedRows = 0,
+				noresults = true, 
+				query = options.prepareQuery(val),
+				val_empty = (val.replace(' ', '').length === 0);
 			
 			for (var i = 0, len = rowcache.length; i < len; i++) {
 				if (val_empty || options.testQuery(query, cache[i], rowcache[i])) {
 					options.show.apply(rowcache[i]);
 					noresults = false;
+					numMatchedRows++;
 				} else {
 					options.hide.apply(rowcache[i]);
 				}
@@ -56,12 +59,29 @@
 				this.stripe();
 			}
 			
+			this.matchedResultsCount = numMatchedRows;
 			this.loader(false);
 			options.onAfter();
 			
 			return this;
 		};
 		
+		/*
+		 * External API so that users can perform search programatically. 
+		 * */
+		this.search = function (submittedVal) {
+			val = submittedVal;
+			e.trigger();
+		};
+		
+		/*
+		 * External API to get the number of matched results as seen in 
+		 * https://github.com/ruiz107/quicksearch/commit/f78dc440b42d95ce9caed1d087174dd4359982d6
+		 * */
+		this.currentMatchedResults = function() {
+			return this.matchedResultsCount;
+		};
+		
 		this.stripe = function () {
 			
 			if (typeof options.stripeRows === "object" && options.stripeRows !== null)
@@ -117,6 +137,12 @@
 			rowcache = jq_results.map(function () {
 				return this;
 			});
+
+			/*
+			 * Modified fix for sync-ing "val". 
+			 * Original fix https://github.com/michaellwest/quicksearch/commit/4ace4008d079298a01f97f885ba8fa956a9703d1
+			 * */
+			val = val || this.val() || "";
 			
 			return this.go();
 		};
@@ -139,7 +165,12 @@
 		this.loader(false);
 		
 		return this.each(function () {
-			$(this).bind(options.bind, function () {
+			
+			/*
+			 * Changed from .bind to .on.
+			 * */
+			$(this).on(options.bind, function () {
+				
 				val = $(this).val();
 				e.trigger();
 			});
@@ -147,4 +178,4 @@
 		
 	};
 
-}(jQuery, this, document));
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+}(jQuery, this, document));