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This feature isn't going to be effective for you without some rethinking. People can simply search on Google: site:academia.edu "Potterheads" and retrieve all t
by dsacco 10y ago
This feature isn't going to be effective for you without some rethinking. People can simply search on Google: site:academia.edu "Potterheads" and retrieve all the results.
Full-text search is freely provided by Google. Judging by how many people caught on to using a similar trick with WSJ, it will start to become a very popular way of interacting with the site.
- keiferski 10y agoYou're overestimating the average Google user's google-fu. Most people aren't aware of the 'site:' functionality.
- dsacco 10y agoFair, but I also wouldn't be surprised if someone just builds a browser extension to do this automatically on academia.edu. Also, that sounds like an assumption. Do you have anything concrete to back that up? Assumptions are often broken in painful ways for businesses. You might be surprised how many academics are motivated to learn about Google's advanced search and tell their friends about it if it saves them money.