[new:AlexSchroeder:2013-05-07 09:00 UTC]
All the search issues on EmacsWikiProblems make me think that perhaps we'd be better off using DuckDuckGo?
Apparently, [http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/03/changes_to_the.html Bruce Schneier uses it].
If you feel like trying it, I've added a second search box to the site that you can activate:

* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/?action=browse;id=2013-05-07;duckduckgo=1 -- enable it
* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/?action=browse;id=2013-05-07;duckduckgo=0 -- disable it

I've also added a menu item to the _Administration_ section (link at the bottom of every page).
Report back if you notice any problems.


[new:DrewAdams:2013-05-07 14:50 UTC]
FWIW, for some time now I've generally given up on the wiki's own search and have just typed my search terms plus "emacswiki" into my Google toolbar.

The one thing I miss, and which used to work well, is being able to click a page heading to get the wiki pages that link to that page.  That's been pretty much broken for a while now.
-- DrewAdams

[new:MichaelPaulukonis:2013-05-07 17:50 UTC]
Drew, what browser are you using? The click-page-heading-for-backlinks works for me in Cghrome 26.0.whatever, IE10, Firefox Aurora 22.0a2 (2013-05-03) and Firefox regular, whatever that is. in Win7

I like what DuckDuckGo stands for, though.
-- MichaelPaulukonis


[new:DrewAdams:2013-05-07 18:44 UTC]
IE 7.  But I doubt that the browser is relevant here.

It works for me too.  But it doesn't work. ;-)

That is, I get results, but not all, and not even the most important, most obvious ones.  I don't have examples off the top of my head, sorry.  But I can say that (1) it used to work very well and (2) it has not worked well for a while now (at least a year, I'd guess). -- DrewAdams

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I guess that means unless anybody else speaks up, I'll switch to DuckDuckGo in the near future and we'll give it a try. -- AlexSchroeder