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It's actually hilarious how Google - a company famous for it's search engine - made Docs, who's search function cannot find anything.
by sdflhasjd 4y ago
It's actually hilarious how Google - a company famous for it's search engine - made Docs, who's search function cannot find anything.
- crazygringo 4y agoI live and breathe using Google Docs search functionality. It's my main way of finding files scattered across 10 years of folder hierarchies. It works great. What do you mean it can't find anything?
- sdflhasjd 4y agoWhat I find is that it's very "dumb", almost "... WHERE filename LIKE '%query%'" dumb. Example might be searching for "<Cool Project> Technical Spec". - Can't find "Technical Specification" in the "<Cool Project>" folder. - Can't find "Tech Spec" (and vice versa) - Can't find "<CoolProject>" Is there some "enable real search functionality" checkbox I've missed, or am I just doing it wrong?
- crazygringo 4y agoYeah, I think you're "doing it wrong" as much as I hate to say that, sorry. Search is keyword-based, like large-scale search is pretty much anywhere. Expecting "specifications" to match "spec" is expecting too much, same as expecting half your search to match a folder and the other half to match a file the folder is in. The main thing to keep in mind is that search is content-based, not just filename. So instead, search for key terms you think are in the file, as opposed to focusing on folders/filenames. Start with one or two, then modify or add as necessary to narrow down.
- anhner 4y ago> Expecting "specifications" to match "spec" is expecting too much When I use Google to search the whole web, it DOES match. So how come it doesn't work when I search a small document?
- sib 4y agoTrue, although this is Google we're talking about and Google [web] search is smart enough to do a lot of statistically-driven NLU-type things on top of pure keywords... (I currently work at Google, but not in Search or Drive / Docs...)
- xapata 4y agoGoogle Photos search is magical.
- unnah 4y agoSo basically you have to search google docs like you used to search the web before google came along and revolutionized search?
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- mnd999 4y agoAnd it’s still miles better than Confluence.
- jumpei163 4y agoAre you using search feature in Drive? I've been using CloudSearch, which I heavily rely upon