"Google is usually at most only one day behind reasonably well-trafficked blogs."
Which I, niggling little person than I am, find entirely unsatisfactory, just as I do that technorati picks up on posts half a day or more later, and Kinja just clumps things up every half day or so.
This will not do, I cry out!
If the web stands for one thing, it is instant gratification!
Stands, but yet falls too many times.
I desire and need far greater responsiveness! Everyone get to work on this! Do I need to sell you posters from When Worlds Collide [the movie], or something?!
Thanks, Ben. But that doesn't get me a site search, does it? (And, wouldn't you know it, I'm searching for something on the blog right now that Google hasn't indexed.)
"Google is usually at most only one day behind reasonably well-trafficked blogs."
Which I, niggling little person than I am, find entirely unsatisfactory, just as I do that technorati picks up on posts half a day or more later, and Kinja just clumps things up every half day or so.
This will not do, I cry out!
If the web stands for one thing, it is instant gratification!
Stands, but yet falls too many times.
I desire and need far greater responsiveness! Everyone get to work on this! Do I need to sell you posters from When Worlds Collide [the movie], or something?!
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 12-30-04 3:28 AM
Um, well, then why not just replace that useless box with an actual Google site search box? I have one of those on my humble site, and it works great.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 12-30-04 9:40 AM
Do tell. How'd you do it? I recall some Google site search button that "customized" results, but I didn't want that.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 12-30-04 9:44 AM
<form action="http://www.google.com/search" name=f>
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en" />
<input maxLength=256 name=q value="" />
<input type=submit name=btnG value="Google search" />
</form>
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 12-30-04 9:52 AM
Thanks, Ben. But that doesn't get me a site search, does it? (And, wouldn't you know it, I'm searching for something on the blog right now that Google hasn't indexed.)
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 12-30-04 9:55 AM
oh right. Duh. Adding <input type="hidden" name="q" value="site:unfogged.com" /> to the form seems to fix that.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 12-30-04 10:08 AM
What Ben said.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 12-30-04 10:28 AM
Thanks guys. I'll add it when I have a bit of time.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 12-30-04 10:30 AM