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Don't they provide the HN search? I have never found it particularly effective.
by vonseel 9y ago
Don't they provide the HN search? I have never found it particularly effective.
- vvoyer 9y agoHi vonseel, sorry to hear that. I work at Algolia and can directly impact how this search works. Do you have any particular, specific issue or feedback for us to make it better? Thanks!
- petepete 9y agoReally? It's accurate, fast and easy to navigate. Compared to the search options embedded on other sites it's a joy to use.
- tangue 9y agoI miss the old search... and was never at ease with Algolia. It's relevant but I don't like the UX.
- donmatito 9y agoThe HN search implentation is a bit sad, because it lacks the most magic part of Algolia : the real time search. Using Algolia in a full-page-load HTML request is using a Ferrari do drive to the grocery store. You can, but what a waste
- Artemis2 9y agoHave you tried https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com?
- donmatito 8y agoYes I had, but I forgot about it, thanks. Much better than HN own implentation. Algolia also implemented a linkedin contact search infinitely superior to Linkedin own search. I remember thinking that both demos were really brilliant growth strategy because it showed clearly, by contrast, how much the status quo was painful
- discussedbefore 9y agoI use HN search all the time; it's useful. There is no way to search across multiple comments on the same "story"; I use Google site search for this. It only counts replies/"comments" for stories, not comments (which would probably be a lot more work). It differentiates between plural and singular search terms as very different searches. The only ranking options are by popularity and date (would like to be able to sort results by number of replies too).