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Beta FreeBSD Search Engine

Posted by michael on from the locate-a-booth-babe-near-you dept.

petef writes "In my spare time, I've been buildling a FreeBSD Search Engine. I am hoping it will be of use to everyone; it pulls the top 3 search results off some major search engines (FreeBSD.org, google.com/bsd, etc). I'm looking for people to give it a run and give me some feedback on it. Thanks!"

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  1. Okaaaaay by __aafkqj3628 · · Score: 4, Informative

    It looks ok for use, but I hate the color scheme there.
    Perhaps change the scheme and get some more word out there!

  2. Use get rather than post by quinto2000 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Search engine queries should be sent using GET rather than POST. This lets people bookmark the search results, which is very important.

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    1. Re:Use get rather than post by petef · · Score: 3, Informative

      Thanks for the advice, I've fixed it to use GET instead.

  3. It's works good, but hats it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have done a few searches and it does give relevant results, which I certainly like. However, it's a little on the ugly side. Try using different colours and art and I will give it my seal of approval.

    -Craig

  4. Go away. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Giving someone a blank page with the message "Go away" for using quotes is pretty stupid. Any decent search engine uses quotes to search for a phrase instead of a word. It's really unprofessional to do that, too, and if I got that from a search engine like Google or Yahoo, I for sure would just find an alternative.

    1. Re:Go away. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      This is a "me too" post, but I must agree with the AC. I do not appreciate being told to go away for using a search query method that is acceptable on every search engine I have ever used. I suppose this is part of a Reg-Ex filter you have recently put in place to curtail search string abuses, but it is really annoying and should be fixed.

      On the positive side, a boutique search engine is a great way to focus the results and elimanate many irrelevant results. I think you are on the right track, keep working on it.

    2. Re:Go away. by petef · · Score: 3, Informative

      Gotcha. Like I said, this is in beta, and this is exactly the kind of feedback I'm looking for. Way too tired yesterday and forgot " and ' are reasonable search terms... it's on my to-fix list.

  5. Eh by Lazaru5 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Here I was hoping for a more intelligent FreeBSD.org search rather than just a result collector.

    And did you have to include Defcon1? Their articles are often outdated, inacccurate or stolen [and claimed original]. (Every offense to EFNet #FreeBSDHelp intended.)

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