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Posted by spoc on April 27, 2004, at 7:47:29
.....in a site search, that is!
I surfed myself with Babble/Google, looking to find and scan all my posts for certain things and gather their links. But I would say the majority of my posts didn't come up. There are "hundreds" of hits, but only due to the way each addition to a thread produces duplicate hits and that kind of thing. But a great number of my posts didn't come up at all, and I can't think of a common factor to them.
Does not seem to be related to any of the following -- which I didn't expect it to be: whether it was a response or a new thread; whether any responses were received to it; whether a redirect was involved; whether I changed a title in it; civility issues on it; the age of it, nothing I can think of. For example hardly anything or maybe nothing from the last week -- including last night -- came up. But this is the way the search is going for all dates I've been here -- pulling up a random and incomplete list.
I am inputting only my own name as a keyword, so I can't open it up more than that. And, I also tried to inputting major keywords that were definitely within the threads and posts I want to find, and even some names of other posters that I know started or were on the threads, and even that won't pull them up. I had some particular ones in mind like that, but overall I have posted too many times to remember each one unless I can get them all to come up in the search.
Could it be my browser? I've always noticed that several things do seem to vary depending on whether I use one or the other variant of IE that I have on my PC, but in this case, they are pulling up the same data and both are very incomplete. If you want to try it and see if that is making a difference, my total was 513 (of which most are interlinked multiples of the same subjects). Any idea what is going on? I did post to these things -- that I only think I did is not a possibility. And I would probably pass if I have to scroll thru every page of every archived board since I've been here... Thanks for any ideas.
Posted by tabitha on April 27, 2004, at 11:04:55
In reply to Finding yourself and hitting on yourself..., posted by spoc on April 27, 2004, at 7:47:29
Well if you're using Google I know it's not likely you'll see posts from this week. Google updates their database periodically-- I don't know exactly how often, but it's not every day. If your post happened after the last update, it won't show up.
So you do know to use 'site:dr-bob.org' in your search string, right?
Posted by spoc on April 27, 2004, at 11:45:27
In reply to Re: Finding yourself and hitting on yourself..., posted by tabitha on April 27, 2004, at 11:04:55
> Well if you're using Google I know it's not likely you'll see posts from this week. Google updates their database periodically-- I don't know exactly how often, but it's not every day. If your post happened after the last update, it won't show up.
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> So you do know to use 'site:dr-bob.org' in your search string, right?
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Thanks for trying to think of things with me Tabitha! Yes, I use the Babble-searched-by-Google search box on these site pages, and what I'm looking for spans back weeks. Things do come up all the way back, but only some, when many additional posts I made fell within those dates too. I am entering only my name, no other keywords, or dates (tho I tried that too). So everything I've ever been involved in (except maybe the last day or so, as you said) should come up.... Pretty weird huh? : )
Posted by Dr. Bob on April 27, 2004, at 21:12:47
In reply to Re: Finding yourself and hitting on yourself..., posted by tabitha on April 27, 2004, at 11:04:55
> Well if you're using Google I know it's not likely you'll see posts from this week.
I think Google is also just incomplete. IMO, that was the main advantage of the "Psycho-Babble Search"...
Bob
Posted by Fallen4MyT on April 27, 2004, at 22:05:52
In reply to Re: Finding yourself and hitting on yourself..., posted by spoc on April 27, 2004, at 11:45:27
Maybe this is dumb cause youre super smart at research but in case....did you try the words below exact
poster: spoc
Posted by Fallen4MyT on April 27, 2004, at 22:08:17
In reply to Re: Finding yourself and hitting on yourself... » spoc, posted by Fallen4MyT on April 27, 2004, at 22:05:52
http://www.google.com/search?q=poster%3A+spoc&sitesearch=dr-bob.org
I DID MY OWN TIP LOL TRY THIS MAYBE DR BOB CAN TAKE IT DOWN IF YOU WANT?? ,MAYBE I SHOULD NOT POST THIS..I DONT KNOW BUT I HOPE IT HELPS
Posted by spoc on April 27, 2004, at 22:31:56
In reply to Re: Finding yourself and hitting on yourself..., posted by Fallen4MyT on April 27, 2004, at 22:08:17
Hi, always appreciate all the ideas I can get! I did try some keywords but mainly I used just "spoc," which takes out anything that could cut down on the total number of hits. The less words, the more hits. When I did it I got 513 hits (most interlinked of course), and did scroll through them all! Many I remembered weren't in there, and many more I wouldn't remember without seeing them. But boy, it's been a long day, I really don't want to! ;- )
Posted by Fallen4MyT on April 27, 2004, at 22:59:36
In reply to Re: Finding yourself and hitting on yourself... » Fallen4MyT, posted by spoc on April 27, 2004, at 22:31:56
WELL EVERYTIME YOU POST OR SOMEONE REPLIES OR....YOUR QUOTED IT WILL SHOW..THATS A LOTTA READING :)
> Hi, always appreciate all the ideas I can get! I did try some keywords but mainly I used just "spoc," which takes out anything that could cut down on the total number of hits. The less words, the more hits. When I did it I got 513 hits (most interlinked of course), and did scroll through them all! Many I remembered weren't in there, and many more I wouldn't remember without seeing them. But boy, it's been a long day, I really don't want to! ;- )
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