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robdotcalm
Feb 2, 2009, 12:29 AM
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There have been many posts about how badly the search function performs. Since I haven’t seen anybody bring up this work around, I thought it worth mentioning.
Go to google.com and click on “advance search”. Set your desired search criteria and at the bottom of the page enter rockclimbing.com in the box “Search within site or domain” . My experience: this works much better than the search function provided by rockclimbing.com.
Good hunting.
Gratias et valete bene!
RobertusPunctumPacificus
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jt512
Feb 2, 2009, 1:13 AM
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You can do the same thing from your browser's search bar by including "site:rockclimbing.com" in the search.
Jay
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htotsu
Feb 2, 2009, 2:42 AM
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If it's that simple, why don't they just use Google as their own search mechanism within the site? Hope there's a mod reading this.
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crackmeup
Feb 2, 2009, 3:29 AM
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One thing the search function of this site can do is sort the results by post time (most recent first), which I find quite useful. There are other advanced options that Google can't do.
One feature that's sorely missing from this site's search are snippets (the excerpts from the posts with the query terms highlighted). That is often times more important than relevance, because you get a glimpse of what the posts are about without having to click on each one.
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htotsu
Feb 4, 2009, 5:55 AM
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j_ung wrote: I'd rather have a well-functioning site than one that relies on Google to work right. I have tons on the old plate, but it's nearing the top of the list. Please be patient everybody.
It wasn't impatience talking - I just wondered why. I didn't know putting in google for the search would reduce the functionality of the site.
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j_ung
Feb 4, 2009, 3:33 PM
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No, I meant I want the site to work well on its own, not by relying on Google.
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j_ung
Feb 4, 2009, 4:08 PM
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robdotcalm wrote: j_ung wrote: No, I meant I want the site to work well on its own, not by relying on Google. Why?
We just recently fixed a bug that caused Google maps to malfunction. The bug wasn't actually on our end, it was on google's, so we essentially needed a patch to get it working again.
I'm not saying google will break and leave us without a search engine. I'm saying if we can do something ourselves and it breaks, we'll know how to fix it. And perhaps more than anything else on here, searches have the potential to shut things down.
But, hey, if you prefer to think my balls are so big that they're in the way of site performance, I'm probably OK with that, too. 
(This post was edited by j_ung on Feb 4, 2009, 4:09 PM)
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philbox
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Feb 16, 2009, 5:01 AM
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robdotcalm wrote: In reply to: I'm saying if we can do something ourselves and it breaks, we'll know how to fix it. . Cheers, Rob.calm
Ease up there mate, he's already a benevolent overlord and dictator, any more power and he will take over the intertubes.
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j_ung
Feb 16, 2009, 2:50 PM
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philbox wrote: robdotcalm wrote: In reply to: I'm saying if we can do something ourselves and it breaks, we'll know how to fix it. . Cheers, Rob.calm Ease up there mate, he's already a benevolent overlord and dictator, any more power and he will take over the intertubes.
Are you freaking kidding? I want less power, not more! Good thing I'm only in charge of a damned website.
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