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Google custom search engines
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:02 pm
by tsurugi13
http://www.google.com/coop/cse/
Allows you to make a search engine tailored exactly to your needs.
EXAMPLE:
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=00396 ... r-5qvcqjui
This one only searches GT. Very easy to do, good for lots of stuff.
Re: Google custom search engines
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:11 pm
by Fingerfood
We don't need the search function anymore...
Cool find.
Re: Google custom search engines
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:14 pm
by Caleb1117
Wow, thats pretty cool.
Re: Google custom search engines
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:26 pm
by tsurugi13
Caleb1117 wrote:Wow, thats pretty cool.
Yep. You can even specify keywords, so if I wanted the engine to find SWBF2-related results only while searching the web, I'd just have to give a couple keywords like SWBF2, SWBFII, or Star Wars Battlefront 2.
Re: Google custom search engines
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:08 pm
by AceMastermind
That's cool but it doesn't return too many results, for example just type XSI or ODF and see how many results come back.
I use this method quite a bit to search Gametoast, for example:
weaponshareammo site:gametoast.com
The search feature here on Gametoast does work fairly well when it doesn't time me out, but one problem is that most topics/posts submitted before August 2007 will not show up in the results.
A way that i've found to bring those topics back into the search index is to re-submit those topics/posts by simply locating one then click Edit and make a small edit then Submit the reply.
I try to go through some of the more important topics whenever I get free time and re-submit them and I'd like to encourage everyone else here to do the same so we can all get maximum search results.
Re: Google custom search engines
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:46 pm
by Dohnutt
AceMastermind wrote:I use this method quite a bit to search Gametoast, for example:
weaponshareammo site:gametoast.com
Yeah, that's what I usually do when I want to search a site.