[ale] Ale search utility (was Re: [ale] requests for help)

[chrisf at primeharbor.com (Chris Farris)]

As the lazy bastard responsible for this, I'll point out that google
only crawls the site about once per month.  John, if you want to help
drop me a line to chrisf at room 17 dot com.

Chris


On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 21:16, Geoffrey wrote:
> I actually have pretty good luck using Google with the 
> 'site:http://www.ale.org search-criteria' syntax.
> 
> John Wells wrote:
> > One thing to mention here...the ale search utility sucks.  No offense to
> > those who worked hard at getting it set up, but its results are far from
> > accurate.  In fact, I can search on key words in posts which I *know* are
> > there, but yet return nothing.
> > 
> > Perhaps it's a configuration issue?  I suspect it's just broken somehow, 
> > as I seem to remember it working better in the past.  At the very least,
> > it's a shame, because that archive is a virtual
> > how-to-do-everything-with-linux-and-related-cool-stuff tome.
> > 
> > Maybe before implementing a complex indexing scheme, we should really just
> > focus on getting a good search capability in place.
> > 
> > I'd volunteer to help, if anyone else is interested in getting it working...
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > ChangingLINKS.com said:
> > 
> >>Yes. And how would you classify your proposal (as a message)? Would that
> >>be OT  or what? What is the major benefit of your proposal keeping in
> >>mind that we  currently have search functionality?
> >>
> >>Drew
> >>
> >>On Tuesday 01 October 2002 18:41, Geoffrey wrote:
> >>
> >>>I really don't think you'll have any luck with this.  First of all, it
> >>> sounds like a pain.  Sorry.  Second, as folks come and go, how do you
> >>> make sure everyone knows the rules?  Further, how do you insure
> >>>everyone  uses the rules?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> >>>
> >>>I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> >>>to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>Drew
> >>http://www.ChangingLINKS.com
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