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NS gets custom with Google

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nekBeard
Posts: 262 - Karma: 96
Can you still search with in NS or is it all linked to google search? maybe the search is getting better cuz you know the n$ bank account is...

Aug 21 2008 2:30AM
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mike_d
Posts: 503 - Karma: 79
the new google search pretty much blows.


old one was better
Aug 21 2008 2:39AM
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Mezmerize19
Posts: 6475 - Karma: 18
it is a disgrace to the searchbar. I think NS i think searchbar, they go hand in hand. I mean "advanced searchbar"?. doesnt work
Aug 21 2008 2:43AM
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readiculous
Posts: 880 - Karma: 28
Yeah, new search bar is awful. Anytime you tell someone to searchbar you should add an asterisk.
Aug 21 2008 2:50AM
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Karcher
Posts: 3788 - Karma: 1,934
yah seriously. i hate the new searchbar. its terrible
Aug 21 2008 2:53AM
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chacho
Posts: 183 - Karma: 33
i hate it
Aug 21 2008 3:06AM
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carbon.pulse
Posts: 3348 - Karma: 22
Wow ns is so harsh, even the searchbar gets hated on.
Aug 21 2008 3:32AM
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mccsteezy
Posts: 1170 - Karma: 38
i was thinkin the same thing then i clicked advanced search and it become the same old one
Aug 21 2008 3:42AM
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BcPowderHunter
Posts: 275 - Karma: 13
^ yeah advanced search is the old one.
Aug 21 2008 3:51AM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
yeah but it works wayyyy better now, type in one word from the title of a thread and you'll get it, you dont have to be 100% accurate any more, plus im pretty sure theres more than 50 results
Aug 21 2008 3:52AM
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A-Style**
Posts: 1831 - Karma: 81
hell no it doesn't its so hard to read what the results are all it says is Newschoolers.com blah blah blah. old one is much easier
Aug 21 2008 4:01AM
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andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
I think you should all quit yer bitching and head over to site discussion. This is where the updates to the SITE are DISCUSSED. And there, if you are able read, you will find answers to why it currently sucks so much. And how one click will allow you to use the old one.
Aug 21 2008 4:10AM
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nekBeard
Posts: 262 - Karma: 96
really...

im sorry NS, i am glad to see ads b/c this means you and we are getting proper respect as a whole...and that is how biz works...and keeps this site fresh...

but this new search is really shit. if i/we want a google search i/we will go to google. a huge part of this sites success is b/c you can come here and search strictly ski shit related.

sorry, if i am missing something or a new update fill me in.

peas
Aug 21 2008 4:50AM
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nekBeard
Posts: 262 - Karma: 96
^ word... looking for some reveiws on the ehp's and motherships...
Aug 21 2008 5:58AM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
I'm on the fence here...

The old searchbar was fucking TERRIBLE. You couldn't find anything.

The Google Search is better at finding the key words, but unfortunately it scans the whole site, instead of just the forums, and the description is very short.

Still though, it is better at finding relevant info than the old searchbar.
Aug 21 2008 8:19AM
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00000000
Posts: 11075 - Karma: 82,508
One day NS members will learn to read before they post...


Aug 21 2008 8:25AM
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papasteeze
Posts: 12055 - Karma: 913
ONe day maybe we will be more helpful and provide a link to what people should read first.  

If my dumbass has no clue as to what you are talking about...   Read what, where?

Thanks
Aug 21 2008 8:29AM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,633
Argh... hah yeah the new google searchbar needs the site to get re-indexed before it'll be super helpful.  The old one is garbage too, we really just tried the google one so we could hopefully improve it in light of not enough coding time to improve it to what it should be. 

We should give it a try for a few weeks, and if it really is super horrible, we can always just go back to the old one easily.  As everyone said though, the old one is available through "advanced search".  

Please keep the feedback coming, this was just the first of a round of changes so the more feedback the merrier!


Aug 21 2008 8:52AM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Well, the old onbe was too vague, and the new google one is too precise in that it finds anything with the word in it, even profiles, and signatures.

We need a happy medium, if that is even possible.
Aug 21 2008 9:03AM
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00000000
Posts: 11075 - Karma: 82,508
People can at least take the time to read the thread they are posting in, or check the forum for a veyr similar thread called

"New searchbar"
Aug 21 2008 9:40AM
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grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
Hah, yeah. That's what needs to be fixed up (as Mr. Bishop stated...yes I have read the whole thread). It doesn't just search the forums, it searches basically everything on NS, news, reviews, etc. Like if I type in "Sammy Carlson" all of the links that come up will probably be from competitions results, news updates, film updates, etc.
Aug 21 2008 10:50AM
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