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Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? [message #67770]

Wed, 02 September 2009 13:13

R.G. Stockwell
Messages: 363
Registered: July 1999

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"Ed Hyer" <ejhyer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e16b7674-f986-403b-bfc9-f6110c095c10@f20g2000prn.google groups.com...
> This was discussed in a thread a few weeks back, but (haha) I can't
> find it.
>
> Google Groups, which I have been using to browse this group for years,
> has recently changed their search options to return only recent
> results. This makes the search basically useless for this group. There
> is an "advanced search" which allows you to search archives, but it's
> complicated and I am lazy. I mean, it's not clickable straight from
> the groups page, it requires you to type in the name of the group, and
> requires 5-6 extra clicks besides. Very un-Google-like.
>
> What other tools do people use to search this archive?

great question. I searched for a good search engine, and could not
find anything. I did find several that did binary group searches only.
(almost like an old fashion bit-torrent). Do not search these if you
are at work, lol.

if i find something, i'll post it here.

cheers,
bob

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Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? [message #67965 is a reply to message #67770]

Wed, 02 September 2009 14:18

Michael Galloy
Messages: 1114
Registered: April 2006

Senior Member

Gianguido wrote:
> Now in the address bar of Firefox I can type 'gg histogram' and it
> returns a search for histogram in the whole group, sorted by
> relevance.
>
> If it does not make sense, have a look at:
>
> http://screencast.com/t/CXowWNh4LkEq

Yes, I believe this is the same as a smart keyword. But you can make one
by just right clicking on the search box and selecting "Add a keyword
for this search".

Mike
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www.michaelgalloy.com
Associate Research Scientist
Tech-X Corporation

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Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? [message #67967 is a reply to message #67770]

Wed, 02 September 2009 13:37

cgguido
Messages: 195
Registered: August 2005

Senior Member

This works in Firefox, and might work in other browsers too.

Go to:
http://groups.google.com/groups/search?as_q=where&as_epq =&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_sitesearch =&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=2009&a mp;as_maxd=1&as_maxm=1&as_maxy=2009&as_ugroup=co mp.lang.idl-pvwave&as_usubject=&as_uauthors=&saf e=off
which is searching for where in the group.

Now bookmark this page. Then open the bookmarks organizer and find
your bookmark. In the address replace 'where' with '%s' with no
quotes. Add a keyword (not a tag, that's different. You may have to
expand a little arrow in the bookmark manager window to see the
keyword field.) I used the keyword 'gg'.

Now in the address bar of Firefox I can type 'gg histogram' and it
returns a search for histogram in the whole group, sorted by
relevance.

If it does not make sense, have a look at:

http://screencast.com/t/CXowWNh4LkEq

Gianguido

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