[Search-l] Fwd: [Wikia-l] simple new search idea to make the web a better place....

[Balinny]

Stephen Carr wrote:
> Not sure if replying to this is going to attach to the same thread but here
> goes.
>   
I'm afraid it didn't get to the list.

> My idea is very different from 
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl:www.cti+inurl:.com+car+sales&filter=0
>
> I think this example with show why unless (and this is highly likely) I do
> not know how to use Google, but in any case my idea is much nicer than
> inurl:bla inurl:bla inurl:bla as people are already used to wild card
> searching as it's part of DOS UNIX and windows if fact all OS's and it is a
> lot more logical / easier to use format.
>
> I want to search for "computer-" ".co.uk" in this order
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl:computer+inurl:.co.uk&filter=0
>
> On about the ninth page it returned this
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Peripherals-Cards-Accessories-Cases/b?ie=UT
> F8&node=561904
>
> This is not what I'm looking for at all? Also it returned 423,000 results
>
> This would be my search *computer-*.co.uk this would stop the above link
> being listed and also reduce the amount of results returned thereby making
> life easier.
>
> Maybe it should be called domain name search and not URL search, is this
> where I am confusing people as I mean it only to work on top level domain
> names not page URL's unless specified I suppose. E.g.
>
> *computer-*.co.uk*products*
>
> Also don't forget we can use this unlike Google's search
>
> *???computer-*.co.uk
>
> As I remember there were three characters before the computer just can't
> remember what!
>
>
> P.S. Before any says there are loads of domain name searchers from a DNS
> point of view these have never been integrated into a "search engine" and
> don't forget with my search you can always add "car" "sales" unlike DNS type
> searches
>   
Yes, it's a limitation of that solution. In fact, the query should have 
been inurl:computer+site:.co.uk