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Site search provided by author seems like the best option on the first glance, but sadly in my experience those in-house full-text searches are most of the time
by myfonj 6y ago
Site search provided by author seems like the best option on the first glance, but sadly in my experience those in-house full-text searches are most of the times way inferior than simple `site:` limited google search. If not in relevance then in speed -- I think it is understandable, one could hardly compete with Google in this field.
Two genuine anecdotal experiences:
- MDN search used to be super slow, and to this days its results page is not super nice and still slower than Google:
In-site: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=mutationObserver https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=mutationObserve...
Google scoped: https://www.google.com/search?lr=lang_en&q=mutationObserver%20site:developer.mozilla.org https://www.google.com/search?lr=lang_en&q=mutationObserver%...
- jQuery API docs search felt the same: slow and slightly confusing compared to GSERP. (Much better now with Algolia, but still prefer Google:
In-site: https://api.jquery.com/?s=off https://api.jquery.com/?s=off
Google scoped: https://www.google.com/search?q=off%20site:api.jquery.com https://www.google.com/search?q=off%20site:api.jquery.com