Re: (erielack) Archives Search (was CX-99 Wreck)

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

Henry, my comments were not intended to criticize the Archives or your
efforts; we all very much appreciate what you do. I was simply making a
suggestion that I thought would help other list members, based on my own
experience. Now that I've been reminded how the Archives search engine
works, I will in future be more specific in my subject line for List posts.
However, I think it's wonderful that our free access to Google's vast
resources can make our Archives more searchable.

Paul B

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>
To: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
Cc: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Archives Search (was CX-99 Wreck)


>
> Google has literally billions of dollars to play with, we don't even have
a
> budget anywhere near 1/10,000 of 1% of that, sorry. We also don't have
> hundreds of paid employees dedicated to optimizing a search engine. We
don't
> even have a single volunteer (aside from me) willing and able to work on
it.
> Our little search engine doesn't currently index two character "words"
like CX
> due to some practical limitations in how it works. It's the best we can do
at
> the moment, I'm sorry if it isn't good enough.
>
> Henry
>
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Paul Brezicki wrote:
>
> > Randy, the thread name was "encounter at NJ", a very reasonable subject
name
> > but of absolutely no help in finding the topic. The Google engine found
my
> > keywords in the text, not the threadline. If this is the way the Archive
> > search works, it validates my point even more.
> >
> > Paul B
> >
> > From: "Janet & Randy Brown" <jananran_@_mymailstation.com>
> > Subject: Re:(erielack) Archives search (was CX-99 Wreck)
> >
> > When you search the archives, you have to do it by thread name, right?
What
> > was the thread name that Google finally found?  I'll bet it was
something
> > like "DL&W MU cars" or something else totally unrelated to the subject
you
> > sought.
> >
> > This is why it is important both to name your subject accurately, and to
cut
> > the tail off your reply.
> >
> > Randy Brown
> > - --------------------------------------------------------------
> > I'm sure many of you have figured this out, but I'll mention it for
those
> > who haven't. Lister Mike Nickerson suggested I search the Archives, so I
> > did, entering "CX-99;Suffern". Nothing. But the identical query on
Google
> > took me to it (Rich Wisneski, May 3 1999). That's the second time a
Google
> > query has taken me to the List Archives (the other time it was my own
> > post!). Interesting since I think it's a members-only website. The point
I'm
> > making is it appears that if you want to search the Archives, you'll
have
> > better luck with Google than the Archives search engine.
>


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