Search service questions

[jkauff]

The Search service apparently searches only a limited list of groups on the Internet.

Is a list of these groups available? Can it be edited? If not, can we request that certain groups be added?

[Quade]

1 - The search engine has about 2000 groups in it. We did a survey and only about 2000 have meaningful content.

2 - If there's a new group you want added, you can ask and we'll look into it. Currently we catalog Giganews so, it should be a group giganews carries.

3 - If you subscribe to groups, you can use these groups as a filter so, you only show results from these groups.

4 - If files are crossposted, you might only see one of the N groups the file is posted to listed in the search tab.

We don't catalog picture groups.

[jkauff]

How should I submit the request? In the Feature Request discussion area?

The group is a.b.multimedia.vintage-tv. I think other users might find things there they like.

EDIT: It is available on Giganews.

[Quade]

Looks like it's already there to me. I took a look in the group headers, then did a couple searches. Have results from almost 3000 days ago.

It's a smallish group. Only 19 million headers. It's still somewhat active. I see some files from 3 days ago. They're in search too.

If you're not seeing them, there's something wrong with your search settings.

[jkauff]

I haven't changed the defaults, but I'll take a look.

Thanks.

[Quade]

Make sure search is set to "Internet".

[jkauff]

I downloaded all the headers from the group, and a local search returns far more headers than the Internet search. Headers from that group that don't show up in the Internet search include many only a year or so old, so it's not the age (I set Age at 9 years).

Am I doing something wrong, or is there a problem in the Internet search?

[Quade]

You get a max of 2000 hits per search with the ability to pull more hits. 6th button from the left in the search tab will pull more.

How many results are you getting? If you want to go farther back in time, you need to pull more results or use a more detailed search term

[jkauff]

The local search returns less than 300 results, the Internet search less than 100.

Still a bit baffled.

[Quade]

PM me the search term you're using.

When I load the entire group, I show 22,000 files > 50 Mbps.

What's your storage age set to?