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Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? [message #67959 is a reply to message #67773]

Thu, 03 September 2009 03:01

jameskuyper
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Registered: October 2007

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Ed Hyer wrote:
> 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?

I always select the "advanced search" option when using any search
engine, I don't mind complicated, and I do like to be in control of the
details of how the search is performed.

The archive you're searching with Google Groups is Google's own usenet
archive; as far as I know, there are no other tools that can be used by
the general public to search that archive.

I think that what you're really asking is what other usenet archives do
people search in. Unfortunately, while I'm aware of many different
usenet archives, I'm not aware of any with anything approaching the
depth and breadth of coverage of Google Groups. I say "unfortunately",
because Google's search engine is one of the flakiest pieces of software
that I've had to misfortune of not being able to avoid using. It used to
be a lot better; I'm not sure why they broke it.

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		Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? By: MarioIncandenza on Wed, 02 September 2009 08:55
		Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? By: jameskuyper on Thu, 03 September 2009 03:01
		Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? By: MarioIncandenza on Wed, 02 September 2009 17:35
		Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? By: cgguido on Wed, 02 September 2009 14:47
		Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? By: Matt[2] on Wed, 02 September 2009 14:15
		Re: Tools to search this group, now that Google has screwed up their search? By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 02 September 2009 13:32

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