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Agreed with everything above. If I ever X vs Y in google, I append site:reddit.com I'm not a huge fan of Reddit, but it's about the largest forum. I really m

by axaxs 6y ago

Agreed with everything above. If I ever X vs Y in google, I append site:reddit.com I'm not a huge fan of Reddit, but it's about the largest forum. I really miss Forum search in Google.

Shared404 6y ago
> I really miss Forum search in Google. You may find this useful: https://boardreader.com/ https://boardreader.com/
- axaxs 6y ago
  This is awesome, how did I not know it existed. Thank you!
  - Shared404 6y ago
    Always happy to help! I try to "collect" search engines, so I'm always interested in finding more/sharing the ones I've found.
    - edoceo 6y ago
      Now I'm waiting for your Show HN curated list of alternative search engines
      - Shared404 6y ago
        I've thought about doing it before. I don't have quite enough to justify a Show HN though. You can see the list here[0], and if you see more feel free to send them my way! [0] http://a-shared-404.com/other-stuff/ http://a-shared-404.com/other-stuff/
    - rurp 6y ago
      One I just recently discovered is symbolhound.com. It's nice because it lets you search for characters that google absolutely refuses to treat as search terms. I needed to debug some makefiles and bash scripts the other day (not my strong suit!) and it helped me understand some of the weird syntax I was seeing. As others have mentioned, Google no longer respecting literal search terms has made it much worse for many types of searches. DDG had been great at this, but sadly has been following in Google's footsteps the past few years.
      - Shared404 6y ago
        Ooh thanks! I'll throw that on the list!
        ddingus 6y ago
        Do you ever publish your list? After reading through this discussion, I am inclined to explore search. This crap sneaks up on a person one little adaptation at a time. Searching on Yandex was a wake up call.
        Shared404 6y ago
        Most of it is here [0]. I update whenever I remember, which is sometimes. It is currently up to date, except for the above linked engine. It doesn't have as many special purpose engines as I'd like though. [0] http://a-shared-404.com/other-stuff/ http://a-shared-404.com/other-stuff/
        ddingus 6y ago
        Thanks. OctoPart can go on your speciality list, fwiw
        Shared404 6y ago
        Many thanks, I would've killed for this about a month ago.
        ddingus 6y ago
        So would I. Got it late myself.
- ddingus 6y ago
  Same! I just tried a few "likely to find in forum" searches and it hit! Added to my playbook. Thanks again.
nafizh 6y ago
Yesterday I discovered, if you go to the 2nd page of the search results the "site:example.com" no longer works. The user hostility is shocking.
- deleted 6y ago
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- lrem 6y ago
  Can't reproduce: http://pub.lrem.net/2021/03/Teifo4sh/serp.jpg http://pub.lrem.net/2021/03/Teifo4sh/serp.jpg
FpUser 6y ago
>"I really miss Forum search in Google" I absolutely hated when they did remove it. I was able to sort of mitigate it by adding "forums" and "discussions" to search terms but it is not the same of course.
ergot_vacation 6y ago
You too eh? Over the past decade I've gone from loving reddit to actively avoiding it in most cases, but if I'm looking for specific info on a niche topic, adding "reddit" to a search is often the only way I can get real content written by and for real human beings instead of SEO spam. Sinister twist though: the SEO crowd has gotten wise to this. I've noticed recently that they've started throwing "reddit" into their spam as a random keyword.

by axaxs 6y ago

Agreed with everything above. If I ever X vs Y in google, I append site:reddit.com I'm not a huge fan of Reddit, but it's about the largest forum. I really miss Forum search in Google.

Shared404 6y ago

> I really miss Forum search in Google. You may find this useful: https://boardreader.com/ https://boardreader.com/

axaxs 6y ago
This is awesome, how did I not know it existed. Thank you!
- Shared404 6y ago
  Always happy to help! I try to "collect" search engines, so I'm always interested in finding more/sharing the ones I've found.
  - edoceo 6y ago
    Now I'm waiting for your Show HN curated list of alternative search engines
    - Shared404 6y ago
      I've thought about doing it before. I don't have quite enough to justify a Show HN though. You can see the list here[0], and if you see more feel free to send them my way! [0] http://a-shared-404.com/other-stuff/ http://a-shared-404.com/other-stuff/
  - rurp 6y ago
    One I just recently discovered is symbolhound.com. It's nice because it lets you search for characters that google absolutely refuses to treat as search terms. I needed to debug some makefiles and bash scripts the other day (not my strong suit!) and it helped me understand some of the weird syntax I was seeing. As others have mentioned, Google no longer respecting literal search terms has made it much worse for many types of searches. DDG had been great at this, but sadly has been following in Google's footsteps the past few years.
    - Shared404 6y ago
      Ooh thanks! I'll throw that on the list!
      - ddingus 6y ago
        Do you ever publish your list? After reading through this discussion, I am inclined to explore search. This crap sneaks up on a person one little adaptation at a time. Searching on Yandex was a wake up call.
        Shared404 6y ago
        Most of it is here [0]. I update whenever I remember, which is sometimes. It is currently up to date, except for the above linked engine. It doesn't have as many special purpose engines as I'd like though. [0] http://a-shared-404.com/other-stuff/ http://a-shared-404.com/other-stuff/
        ddingus 6y ago
        Thanks. OctoPart can go on your speciality list, fwiw
        Shared404 6y ago
        Many thanks, I would've killed for this about a month ago.
        ddingus 6y ago
        So would I. Got it late myself.
ddingus 6y ago
Same! I just tried a few "likely to find in forum" searches and it hit! Added to my playbook. Thanks again.

nafizh 6y ago

Yesterday I discovered, if you go to the 2nd page of the search results the "site:example.com" no longer works. The user hostility is shocking.

deleted 6y ago
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lrem 6y ago
Can't reproduce: http://pub.lrem.net/2021/03/Teifo4sh/serp.jpg http://pub.lrem.net/2021/03/Teifo4sh/serp.jpg

FpUser 6y ago

>"I really miss Forum search in Google" I absolutely hated when they did remove it. I was able to sort of mitigate it by adding "forums" and "discussions" to search terms but it is not the same of course.

ergot_vacation 6y ago

You too eh? Over the past decade I've gone from loving reddit to actively avoiding it in most cases, but if I'm looking for specific info on a niche topic, adding "reddit" to a search is often the only way I can get real content written by and for real human beings instead of SEO spam. Sinister twist though: the SEO crowd has gotten wise to this. I've noticed recently that they've started throwing "reddit" into their spam as a random keyword.