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

[Natanael]

The www.a*b.com solution seems somewhat easier than
"inurl:www.ctiinurl:.com car sales" and "allinurl: cti com".
I would like to see that solution implemented.

On Dec 23, 2007 2:55 PM, Balinny <balinny at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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