Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:44:37 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray.stokely@gmail.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The search box on www.freebsd.org.. Message-ID: <465F25A5.5000301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <474078f80705291430u414e6261mcc203e43ea83e8bb@mail.gmail.com> References: <200705101146.56279.jhb@freebsd.org> <f625a9de0705101420u7b3501ffgf9c03dbc4a08e64c@mail.gmail.com> <474078f80705291430u414e6261mcc203e43ea83e8bb@mail.gmail.com>
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Murray Stokely wrote:
> This can be addressed with sitemaps [1]. Y! claims ~5 million indexed
> freebsd.org pages. Do we know how many documents are in our home
> grown search corpus?
>
> I think we should switch the search bar to using google or Y!, just as
> NetBSD does.
I think that given everything Yahoo! has given to the project, it
would be reasonable to give their engine serious consideration unless
there is a compelling reason not to.
I also agree with John that the current one is probably the worst part
of an otherwise excellent site. I've avoided saying anything about it
since I don't have time to offer a better solution.
Doug (Former Yahoo! employee)
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