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GG search returns results outside garagegames.com ?

by Orion Elenzil · in Site Feedback · 06/30/2008 (4:49 pm) · 1 replies

This is strange,
when i do a particular search on the GG site,
i get a bunch of results from "www.devmaster.net".

eg
* enter "3d text" in the standard GG search bar
* when the search results return, there's 100 pages of results, a spot check of which reveals only gg.com pages
* change the filter drop-down from "all documents" to "resources" and click "google search"
* the first two results are gg, the remaining results are from "www.devmaster.net"
* curiously, if you then click say the second page of results, then click "repeat search with the omitted results included", the results are much more as expected: hundreds of gg.com pages.
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06/30/2008 (5:24 pm)
Heh, Orion you are putting much dedication on the site's search engine. Sadly, the GG's google search is not something to trust, I learned that from some posts of yours, some other threads on this matter, and by own experience. Im using it anyway, as the last option is always to make a detective labour for the wanted resource.

It was to be fixed on the site's redesign for transparent development, but with the delays and changes of approach, I dont know when it will have some dedication.

Thinking about it, I hadnt payed much attention to it (Im always waiting for under-optimal search results though), but I dont know, maybe someone already kicked the blue google pizza-box and put it to work again?