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Go with Google. I'd suggest that the big G actually indexes pages on this site much more regularly than monthly as it's quite an active site with content that not many other sites have on the net.

That plus it will be easy to implement given that others will probably have written plugins for phpBB to enable Google search. Find the plugin, install, update the page/css, wunderbar.

on any website or forum I frequent I always use google, regardless of the search engine built into the site.

Just go to the google page, or in a decently modern browser, just type in your address bar the magic site: word.

for example if I type this in my address bar: site:delica.ca l300 oil capacity

I get these results: http://www.google.ca/search?&q=site:del ... l+capacity

and from there can even sort by date, refine, all sorts of things.

I frequent many forums and for me the built-in search engines are never as good as just using google.

Hey... I'm interested!!!

I did not know about the site:word option with google! That is awesome, I love it! Finnaly will probably find the stuff I'm looking for an not start a new thread for nothing...

Go for GOOOOOOOGLE!!!


Fred

Yes please up grade it.

Well that was weird, made a post and when I hit submit it disappeared.

We need a real search engine, god help us!

Anyone who has used the internal search engine will not use it again unless they were stoned or drunk the first time. e.o.s.

Interesting people even still think about to use the internal search. It takes me exactly two steps to get to a proper search result for this (and every other) forum with Google. Compare to many steps with the internal search to get to a cluttered list of half not relevant stuff or an "No suitable matches were found" for stuff I know for sure it exists. Also I never had a problem with Google not finding the most resent posts.

Get rid off the internal search and use a custom Google search form.

fexlboi wrote:Get rid off the internal search and use a custom Google search form.

This is what is happening but due to the nature of the platform we are using vs. Google we have to follow procedure so that it works properly the first time. We don't want to have the new search engine directing queries away from Delica Canada. This is in Mark's department and it may take a little time. I'm just updating so you know that it is happening and we haven't forgotten.

Falco.

FalcoColumbarius wrote:We don't want to have the new search engine directing queries away from Delica Canada.

The Google site search doesn't direct any queries away from your site. The only downside is you need to pay for it. Between $100 and $2000 per year depending on the amount of your search queries. Implementation is straight forward with an guaranteed better search result, but we would need to find funding for it.
There is also a free version, but the search result include ads, which results in what you described.

For evaluation purposes, I have added an alternative Google search function in the header bar (the free ad-sponsored version).

To allow members to compare the two alternatives, the original (built-in) Search function has been left intact as well.