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Sea Wolf
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 Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:42 am Post subject: Search Engine Techniques Refined for Better Results |
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Have you ever used the Search function here, only to find that the number of hits was so great that you couldn't possibly go through the 16-64 pages of threads to find the answer or specific insident you were searching for?
I think it would be very useful to have a discussion on how to tweak the imput to the search engine and results to find something.
Might save us a lot of repeating topics and enable us to find references much easier!
Can any of you out there help to teach the rest of us how to refine our
searches to find things?
Joe.
 "Wallas" = 438 threads!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:18 am Post subject: |
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Well Joe....it might help if some of us did not feel the need to respond to everything said...thus reducing the number of hits possible... 
I love this place!!!!
Byrdman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:29 am Post subject: |
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Google has a "search within results" function which allows you to search within the first big batch of hits and narrow it down step by step. I use that a lot but don't know if it's possible here.
Charlie
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Search Engine Techniques Refined for Better Results |
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| Sea Wolf wrote: |
Can any of you out there help to teach the rest of us how to refine our
searches to find things?
Joe.
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I simply describe what I'm looking for as clearly as possible and let Sea Wolf Joe find it for me.... 
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:05 am Post subject: |
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| Captains Choice wrote: | Google has a "search within results" function which allows you to search within the first big batch of hits and narrow it down step by step. I use that a lot but don't know if it's possible here.
Charlie |
You can use site:www.c-brats.com when searching google to limit hits just
to this site. That way, you can use google to search this site, and search within
results, etc. The only downside is you will only catch results prior to the last
time google indexed the site. I've never checked to see how often that happens.
Mike |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:19 am Post subject: |
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the search feature on here doesn't work. Just last week I was trying to find my glasses, I typed in glasses and got many hits but recieved no help on finding my glasses
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: |
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 Ken, I have the same problem, but with me it was my mind....I lost it and and can't find it anywhere.
If anyone else looses their mind, don't forget I lost my mind and will be out there looking for it. Don't forget to say hi if you bump into me while looking for yours. 
Mike
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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I've been talking to Bill (Da Nag) about setting up a FAQ section which would have links to particularly good discussions of specific topics. This needs to be a group effort so if any of you have saved a collection of links, let me know and we can start building the FAQ.
Warren
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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Ken-they're on your forehead
Mike-It's behind your forehead
Glad I could help.
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Sea Wolf
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Lori Ann wrote: | I've been talking to Bill (Da Nag) about setting up a FAQ section which would have links to particularly good discussions of specific topics. This needs to be a group effort so if any of you have saved a collection of links, let me know and we can start building the FAQ.
Warren |
Warren-
This is an interesting, possibly very functional endeavor.
I once proposed that we divide the task into topics, making a person very familiar with the specific topic in charge of collecting and editing the posts.
The only problem here is we don't want to create resident "authorities" in each area, and in the process stiffle the free discussion that involves so many of our new members. It's kind of like wanting a Yacht Club of new, young, vigorous members associating, discovering, and learning with each other freely, instead of a stuffy, staid, club of stuffed shirts to answer questions with an established pecking and social order that grows old and dies of it's own lack of forward inertia!
Let's discuss this further!
Would we just list the threads, or re-write and summarize their content?
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Joe.
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Doryman
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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I agree, we need to discuss it further.
Right now I am on a trip so don't have the time or resources to get into it in any great detail, but suffice it to say that I am open to any ideas.
My original thought was to have an alphabetic list of links (A, B, C, etc) that would each link to a number of subjects beginning with that letter (e.g., W --> Wallas, Water System, etc.) Then below each subject would be a link, followed by a short phrase which would give the reader an idea of what aspect of the subject is covered in the link.
One idea I am not completely sure about is having the links point to specific messages in a thread, rather than to the thread as a whole.
So, what are your (all of youse) ideas?
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Sea Wolf
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| dogon dory wrote: | | Sea Wolf wrote: | | I once proposed that we divide the task into topics, making a person very familiar with the specific topic in charge of collecting and editing the posts. |
I'll volunteer to be the authority on smart alek comments. |
Dan-
Actually, that would be pretty appropriate, since most of them are yours, anyway!
You could be the Grand Imperial Wizard of Smart Arse Arts, Esq.
Joe.
By the way, can someone explain to me why when you go to the "Mooning" emoticon who drops his pants, you only get a sleepy purple quarter moon? I'll bet we've been editied by the Family Hour Police again, ha! |
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Sea Wolf
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| dogon dory wrote: | | Sea Wolf wrote: | Dan-
Actually, that would be pretty appropriate, since most of them are yours, anyway!
You could be the Grand Imperial Wizard of Smart Arse Arts, Esq.
Joe. |
Hey, Joe, I resent that. I have absolutely nothing to do with any of the subtle, tactful smart arse comments. Mine are strictly blunt, tactless, and have no resemblence to art. |
Sorry, Dan, I was just trying tto be NICE, like the rule says..............
But you know, every tine I say something "NICE" about you, I immediately get a lot of hate mail. What's up with that?
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