Here's why I hate searching on ninjette and prefer google

Jiggles · September 24th, 2012, 06:54 PM

Even though I know the name of the damn thread I'm looking for, I can't search for it!!!!

CC Cowboy · September 24th, 2012, 06:57 PM

what a noob

Jiggles · September 24th, 2012, 07:01 PM

See google works!

I like how my sig is mucking up the results

Jono · September 24th, 2012, 10:42 PM

Yup. I use google as well to search for threads. The search function on here is a pos.

Alex · September 24th, 2012, 11:29 PM

I find it works OK if I know some of the words of the title of the thread. I then limit the search to titles, and it's generally pretty accurate. But sometimes I do resort to google as well. There are parts of this site that are not wide open (to search engines or non-logged-in users), so those threads will not show up in a google search; while they will show up on a site search here.

Jiggles · September 24th, 2012, 11:36 PM

Yea, I at least try with the ninjette search first. Is there a way to sort the thread by relevance rather than by date?

For example, say you search for insurance, the threads that have insurance in the title are at the top of the list (probably what you a searching for) followed by every other thread that any ever said insurance in it

Alex · September 24th, 2012, 11:40 PM

Yes, hit the advanced search link. It gives you a bunch of options on how you would like to sort the results:

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/search.php

Jiggles · September 25th, 2012, 12:01 AM

Either the search function is using some archaic form of the word relevancy to sort or it works for crap.

I was going to suggest that you make searches default to relevancy sorting but, uh, nvm

Jiggles · September 25th, 2012, 12:01 AM

I'll just goog it up

Alex · September 25th, 2012, 12:07 AM

It does look a little strange. I get good results when I set it to "from the last year", but when it looks at all threads, the top results are older ones, then a few pages in, it gets to newer ones. I'm not sure what metrics the "relevancy" tag is using, but it's a little quirky.

Jiggles · September 25th, 2012, 12:17 AM

Quite, just mod it so that when I hit search it takes me to google and searches site:ninjette.org + "search terms"

zenn92 · September 25th, 2012, 12:26 AM

damn, time to close some tabs!?

Jiggles · September 25th, 2012, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zenn92

damn, time to close some tabs!?

Hey, I have used every single one of those tabs at one point or another in the past month

choneofakind · September 25th, 2012, 10:59 AM

you don't have to say site:ninjette.org then search, just type ninjette.org: then your search query.

Or just get google chrome, and it cuts out the step of having to go to google. You just type it in the address bar.

Jiggles · September 25th, 2012, 11:01 AM

So does opera

i put the site part in case my result is not in the top 3

choneofakind · September 25th, 2012, 11:07 AM

I get what I'm looking for as top 1 or 2 pretty much every time doing my method.

I think both ways do that though. Time to go make some random searches for ninjette threads I know about.

Alex · July 26th, 2013, 09:37 PM

Necro-bump, as it came up in a search. Google searching is another option under the search menu. Choosing it is the same thing as going to google and adding site:ninjette.org to a search query. It works quite well, but does not have visibility into any of the non-public subforums on the site.

September 24th, 2012, 06:54 PM	#1
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Here's why I hate searching on ninjette and prefer google Even though I know the name of the damn thread I'm looking for, I can't search for it!!!! __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

September 24th, 2012, 06:57 PM	#2
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	what a noob __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

September 24th, 2012, 07:01 PM	#3
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	See google works! I like how my sig is mucking up the results __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

September 24th, 2012, 11:29 PM	#5
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	I find it works OK if I know some of the words of the title of the thread. I then limit the search to titles, and it's generally pretty accurate. But sometimes I do resort to google as well. There are parts of this site that are not wide open (to search engines or non-logged-in users), so those threads will not show up in a google search; while they will show up on a site search here. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

September 24th, 2012, 11:36 PM	#6
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Yea, I at least try with the ninjette search first. Is there a way to sort the thread by relevance rather than by date? For example, say you search for insurance, the threads that have insurance in the title are at the top of the list (probably what you a searching for) followed by every other thread that any ever said insurance in it __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

September 24th, 2012, 10:42 PM	#4
Jono ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jono Location: Memphis, TN Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Triumph Street Triple, 2009 KLX250SF, 2003 Suzuki SV650S (Sold), 2006 Ninja 250 (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Yup. I use google as well to search for threads. The search function on here is a pos.

September 24th, 2012, 11:40 PM	#7
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Yes, hit the advanced search link. It gives you a bunch of options on how you would like to sort the results: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/search.php __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

September 25th, 2012, 12:01 AM	#8
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Either the search function is using some archaic form of the word relevancy to sort or it works for crap. I was going to suggest that you make searches default to relevancy sorting but, uh, nvm __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

September 25th, 2012, 12:01 AM	#9
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	I'll just goog it up __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

September 25th, 2012, 12:07 AM	#10
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	It does look a little strange. I get good results when I set it to "from the last year", but when it looks at all threads, the top results are older ones, then a few pages in, it gets to newer ones. I'm not sure what metrics the "relevancy" tag is using, but it's a little quirky. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

September 25th, 2012, 12:17 AM	#11
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Quite, just mod it so that when I hit search it takes me to google and searches site:ninjette.org + "search terms" __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

September 25th, 2012, 12:26 AM	#12
zenn92 ninjette.org member Name: Emil Location: Norway Join Date: Sep 2012 Motorcycle(s): '10 250R Posts: 32	damn, time to close some tabs!?

September 25th, 2012, 10:59 AM	#14
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	you don't have to say site:ninjette.org then search, just type ninjette.org: then your search query. Or just get google chrome, and it cuts out the step of having to go to google. You just type it in the address bar.

September 25th, 2012, 11:01 AM	#15
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	So does opera i put the site part in case my result is not in the top 3 __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

September 25th, 2012, 11:07 AM	#16
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	I get what I'm looking for as top 1 or 2 pretty much every time doing my method. I think both ways do that though. Time to go make some random searches for ninjette threads I know about.

July 26th, 2013, 09:37 PM	#17
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Necro-bump, as it came up in a search. Google searching is another option under the search menu. Choosing it is the same thing as going to google and adding site:ninjette.org to a search query. It works quite well, but does not have visibility into any of the non-public subforums on the site. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

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