{rearranged text to maintain flow of thought;}
On 04/02/2017 12:47 AM, Tom wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-04-01 at 09:18 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> [SNIP]
>>
>> Search engines aren't intelligent enough. They can retrieve
>> individual posts with a keyword. They will likely return a
>> link if the keyword is in the group's or list's name/title.
>> But will give no hint that a particular topic is "on topic".
>> For example if one was looking for
>> information on "Debian", "Ubuntu", or "Comcast", I know of no search
>> engine that would return "lists.pdxlinux.org".
>>
> Try Google searching for: Comcast site:lists.pdxlinux.org
> https://www.google.com/search?q=Comcast+site:lists.pdxlinux.org
That actually demonstrates the point I was trying {unsuccessfully?}
trying to make. I.E. if you want to if a subject is covered by a
specific list then do a "site search". However there is no method for
discovering a previously unknown site that covers a subject. THAT
requires human intelligence not AI.
(that link claims 59 results is "About 3,720 results" ;/)
> See other Google search details:
> https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en
> https://www.lifewire.com/advanced-google-search-3482174
I won't say what I think those links say about Google Inc. They did
suggest a way however to *COERCE* it to be a search engine.
http://www.google.com/advanced_search appears to provide a pictographic
representation of a Boolean search for Google's [pejorative adjectives
deleted] target audience.
> Best luck, Tomas
Thank you for trying.
>
>> That's why I asked here having already come up dry with search
>> engines.
>>
>>>[snip]
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