Submitted by KeithB on 2020/01/01 14:46
(edit 2020-04-11 removed google from the title)
 
 Does have anyone have tips for better searching in the forum, now that it's google-based?
 
For example, if I want to search for info on home pages, is there a better way than this?
 
site:infoqubeim.com "home page" 2019
(then do this for 2018, and on back)
 
If there an effective way to only show results for just for forums, or for just the manual?

Comments

 After some experimentation, from now on, I'll be searching the forum with duckduckgo.com and peekier.com, using Site:infoqubeim.com "search term"

in the search bar.

 

I searched for "back again and first impressions" on the IQ forum.  I had this post title jotted down on a piece of paper to reference for a future post, and the post (2016) didn't appear in the search results.

 

I tried this search in quite a few search engines:

site:infoqubeim.com "back again and first impressions"

 

Quite a few search engines did not work at all, Google and Bing seemed to be at least partially limited to a date range of the past year.

 

Duckduckgo and peekier worked the best for this test.

 

Google "hits":

KeithB's comments. Useless, as there are 45 pages that this title could be on

David_H's comments.  Useless, as there are 77 pages that this title could be on

Grids grid.  Vintage 2019

 

Duckduckgo "hits:"

 

Back again and first impressions.  The actual article, vintage 2016.

Grid of Grids.   Vintage 2019. Google did NOT pick this one up.

Grids grid.  Vintage 2019.

Suggestions:  This is the forum the post came from. The shown url gets you there (and it's actually the number 3 shown at the bottom of the page.

 

Peekier.com "hits":

 

Picked up the same 4 results as duckduckgo.

Plus it has really nifty thumbnails that can be zoomed up.

 

Tom

2020/04/11 15:13

In reply to by KeithB

Good to know. Thanks Keith!

Tom

2020/04/17 07:20

In reply to by Tom

I've been using ecosia.org for the last while so decided to try your test -- it finds the same four as duckduckgo.
Says 'Results by Microsoft' (bottom right).
(FWIW I've checked out their 'genuineness' in terms of wanting to make an impact, and was impressed, but have not checked out how they get their results.)