Re: request: search engine for PostgreSQL site

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Robert Bernier wrote:

> On January 22, 2005 04:25 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Robert Bernier <robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca> writes:
>>> Might I suggest that "all" search boxes have a choice of either reference
>>> documentation or the mail list but assume that the person wants the mail
>>> list by default first.
>>
>> Why would you think that should be the default?
>
> People search because they want help and help is found by looking at what
> other people have to say about a given issue.
>
> It should be a straight forward process of demonstrating the validity of one
> format over another. Just Create a search box that favors mails lists and
> read the hits from any one ip address in a given time span.
>
> When you've got enough stats then change the order of the default so that
> documentation is favored and then track the difference in stats that are
> being generated.
>
> The higher the number of search requests the more likely it means that they
> aren't getting what they want. If they follow up with many hits on mail list
> links then that means that they are interested in following the mail list
> rather than the documenation.
>

group search results by site and you'll get what you want. See, for example,
http://www.pgsql.ru/db/pgsearch/index.html?q=pg_dump&tmpl=%CF%F0%E8%E2%E5%F2&ps=20&set=&group=2&site=

>
> cheers
>
> Robert Bernier
>
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