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#46 Post by Aitch »

From a post by Lobster - thanks

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/to ... ngines.php

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#47 Post by Aitch »

One by drongo, thanks

http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/

google without the ads :wink:

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#48 Post by maxpro4u »

I have found that nothing in these posts helped my searching for a solution. After many hours of google did i find my answer. The forum search leaves much to be desired as i was unable to find my answer using it.

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#49 Post by ttuuxxx »

go to
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site ... =&gs_rfai=
erase the "*" and type a word like pet or firefox etc
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basic info

#50 Post by paradj »

ok i can figure out with 'uname' that its:
1.) puppy linux
2.) kernel version

but is it... woof? lucid? quirky? wary? what the?
mine might be a "lupu.." flavor; as that was the save file offered name....

is there some catalog of these distros? and their respective devXXX.sfs's

or a console command that will specify this is info?

or even a list of the most common distro-info commands...

'there sure are a LOT of 'puppies' out there'



after reading 85+ pages of any given topic, subject, search results, etc. from the forum to discover that it really does not apply to; or work with, the the version concerned gets kinda frustrating..

btw:
the wellminded.com search is about the only one of the above listed that comes even close to whatever i was looking for......(insert u2 music here)

abtw:
please don't waste your time or mine discussing the finite points of grammar, or punctuation. when you could be attempting to solve any given problem...as my professor used to say if you don't know, don't answer, ...don't freaking guess! (she used much stronger words)

we live in an acronymic world here in the web...goi!

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#51 Post by Suprimoman »

As great as Google searching is, it ain't perfect.

Google does not search the "code box" data.

Code: Select all

anything in here is not searched[code]

[code]anything in here is not searched

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#52 Post by Aitch »

Suprimoman

Try typing [ code]*.*[/code] (without the space which I had to add to prevent it opening a code box :wink: ) into this search [at 'all these words'] - it seems to work reasonably OK

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q ... as_qdr=all

tip: you can specify when by adding detail in the date dropdown box, if you know what you are looking for

There may be better implementations, though

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#53 Post by Aitch »

aarf has suggested another tip for locating forum by section eg.g f2 is beginners help
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls= ... =&gs_rfai=

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 506#441506

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#54 Post by LilDog »

The link in the top page on this line

4th:
The most recent addition, not yet in people's minds, but useful nonetheless, is the Community Website Search

is broken.

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#55 Post by Aitch »

LilDog

Yes since May 08 when I did it, the community website search has been 'expired' since a move to a newer server...the community website link is OK
....change happens

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#56 Post by technosaurus »

I always just use this in google:

for the forum:
query terms site:murga-linux.com

other puppy sites:
query terms site:puppylinux.*

barry's blog
query terms site:bkhome.org

... yields almost identical results

& here is another little tip for the day
since I prefer google over bing.com, I ad this to my /etc/hosts file:
72.14.204.99 bing.com
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Agree

#57 Post by moB »

106498 wrote:I second Aitch!

To get you started, heres my most used forum search technique.
In google (or search engine of choice), type

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site:murga-linux.com my search
Use two keywords or a phrase to identify you topic.
Then add murga to search terms or 'search within results'. (Our forum genius and genius keyword, too :-) )
That's simple and often enough.

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I didn't find in this thread...

#58 Post by Antipodal »

Hi Aitch! :)

I’m using Lucid Puppy version 5.1.1, (released Sep 2010 ) and trying to use the Puppy Linux Discussion Forum Search tool to find exact wording or phrases. I have tried with these quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ) and with these ( “

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#59 Post by Aitch »

Try using full quotes, "", in the wellminded search tool [google forum search]

http://www.wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html

or try allintext:xxxxxxx in that tool, quoting what you want found as xxxxxxx

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Thank you!

#60 Post by Antipodal »

Your tips work very well :!: and your post helped me to discover a very interesting guide: :arrow: http://www.googleguide.com/

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#61 Post by Aitch »

Thanks

I can't remember if that has been posted before, but I have seen it :D

damn google.... :lol:

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#62 Post by oui »

hi

example of very effective search using google:

site:murga-linux.com/puppy quirky 1.2 kde 4 video kdenlive

if you already did see one adequate discussion and know an author or you search one of your discussions you can add the option Author:

for example (I am interesting to see if it works :wink: )

site:murga-linux.com/puppy Author:oui "SEARCHING; Ways to search the forum for problems/solutions"

good searching!

salut

PS I did not found immediately the second! perhaps it is to new and I have to wait sometime

Yes! It was the matter, it works now!

But please don't tip only 'ENTER' but press on the 'Search' button!


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#63 Post by Aitch »

For the serious - Threadget, by forum user 'seaside'

Downloads phpBB forum threads

.pet available, 1st page

see p2 for updated version

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=62236

Gives you a single searchable html file of any phpBB site like http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/

Use any editor on the HTML file to find relevant information

seaside suggested Bluefish as an editor, .pet here

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=37732

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Re: SEARCHING; Ways to search the forum for problems/solutions

#64 Post by Hugh »

oui wrote:hi

example of very effective search using google:

site:murga-linux.com/puppy quirky 1.2 kde 4 video kdenlive

if you already did see one adequate discussion and know an author or you search one of your discussions you can add the option Author:

for example (I am interesting to see if it works :wink: )

site:murga-linux.com/puppy Author:oui "SEARCHING; Ways to search the forum for problems/solutions"

good searching!

salut

PS I did not found immediately the second! perhaps it is to new and I have to wait sometime

Yes! It was the matter, it works now!

But please don't tip only 'ENTER' but press on the 'Search' button!
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Thanks for the suggestions Oui!

It is always good to know the tricks for making a
search more effective and efficient.

This method works through the Scroogle Scraper
as well.
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#65 Post by Aitch »

Nice example of LetMeGoogleThatForYou
Make your own link

http://lmgtfy.com/

Add your search term, then copy the address in the link box, to post your link

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