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FR Search tool for those who swear "search don't work"
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Posted on 08/05/2008 5:10:10 PM PDT by xcamel

A quick and dirty search of any and all of FreeRepublic thanks to Google 'site:' function.

No more excuses...

Google results for site:freerepublic.com.

(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Reference
KEYWORDS: bossylittlesnot; faq; find; fr; frsearch; getalife; google; lazyfreepers; nag; nanny; nottoobrightfreepers; refusingtosearch; search; threadpolice
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Have at it..
1 posted on 08/05/2008 5:10:11 PM PDT by xcamel
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To: xcamel

Yes, this really does work.

Now, why don’t we just use this as an embed in the site instead of the mostly broken and almost never works search function we have now?


2 posted on 08/05/2008 5:11:35 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: xcamel
The problem isn't FreeRepublic, it is members not switching to ‘search by title’ and/or folks who post threads (I am so guilty of this) and not include keywords.
3 posted on 08/05/2008 5:12:28 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: xcamel
Found this:

Stoooooopidity : On Search Engines and Modern Ignorance (is Google making us lazy ?)

FreeRepublic

4 posted on 08/05/2008 5:14:02 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Invert the 5-4 and you have no rights.)
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To: xcamel

Many newspapers slap their own headlines on stories and columns, thus the same article appearing in one paper may carry a different title in another.


5 posted on 08/05/2008 5:14:59 PM PDT by JennysCool (A man who served his country well vs. a walking Che poster. Is it really that tough a choice?)
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To: Spktyr

Good question...
Like Why to the monthly donors have to “suffer through freepathons” when it would be soooo easy to tag a a monthy donor’s screen name with a ‘paid’ tag - and avoid all the nagware adds for 50 or 60 days a quarter???


6 posted on 08/05/2008 5:15:29 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: JennysCool
Ah.. but it searches the text of the article too... so if you tried the first line of the story.... guess what....
7 posted on 08/05/2008 5:16:51 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: xcamel

Any external search engine can, and does, index FR
contents.

This is very useful for finding old stuff.

Alas, it is nearly useless for avoiding dupes, because
the indexing is only done a few times a day.

Best way to avoid dupes on recent news:
1. Find the original story publisher.
2. Use FR title search on the exact title from the source.

It still won’t catch the dupe 30 seconds ahead of you.

On unmoderated, or post-moderated sites, this just
comes with the territory. If you are the dupe, ask
a mod to merge, lock or kill you.


8 posted on 08/05/2008 5:18:10 PM PDT by Boundless (Legacy Media is hazardous to your mental health)
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To: OKSooner; honolulugal; Killing Time; Beowulf; Mr. Peabody; RW_Whacko; gruffwolf; BlessedBeGod; ...

searching FYI


9 posted on 08/05/2008 5:18:18 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: xcamel

So google search works better?

You might have a point.


10 posted on 08/05/2008 5:18:47 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: Spktyr
the mostly broken and almost never works search function we have now

Many of us have hoped John would spend time making a real search feature and add post editing, instead of upgrading by changing the fonts and appearance.

That last round of upgrading was ridiculous. Several times a day I was having to readjust browser and desktop fonts from massively large to exceedingly tiny just to read the threads.
11 posted on 08/05/2008 5:18:52 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: mnehrling

I’ve done “Search By Title” repeatedly, with null results, and then had a Google search find the exact title I was looking for.


12 posted on 08/05/2008 5:19:34 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: xcamel
AWESOME!

BumpForLater.

13 posted on 08/05/2008 5:21:03 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (There are many kinds of love. As for me, nothing swells the heart quite like love of country.)
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To: xcamel

Another innovation that should be used is the [img][/img] tags used on other forums. Most everyone knows how to use those - having to do a full HTML embed AND have to go through and add paragraph tags is so 1990s.


14 posted on 08/05/2008 5:21:52 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr
I got 5 million.

FuzzySnake.com


15 posted on 08/05/2008 5:22:57 PM PDT by GaryLee1990 (www.FuzzySnake.com)
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To: Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson; John Robinson

Sirs, respectfully calling your attention to this thread. Can we please get some of these issues fixed/resolved/added?


16 posted on 08/05/2008 5:23:00 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: GaryLee1990
That could be a very valuable link after a bit...
17 posted on 08/05/2008 5:28:42 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: valkyry1; John Robinson
So google search works better?

I seem to remember back about a year after google became known that there was some commentary to the effect that google was not including all FR posts. Do not know if this was true or if it has changed.

18 posted on 08/05/2008 5:34:50 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Obama "King of Kings and Lord of Lords")
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To: Delacon

FYI your pinglist (spread it around)


19 posted on 08/05/2008 5:40:33 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

IIRC, there was a period a few years ago when the Google search engine was prohibited from “indexing” FR threads.

That apparently has changed in recent years.

I use Google frequently to search FR.

I just wish Google had a ‘search only before XXX date’ capability. It would help on locating old articles, etc.


20 posted on 08/05/2008 5:41:14 PM PDT by TomGuy
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