WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Expanding Post Search Results http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/expanding-post-search-results WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Expanding Post Search Results en Sat, 25 May 2013 10:05:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 progressivetimes on "Expanding Post Search Results" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/expanding-post-search-results#post-427756 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:06:12 +0000 progressivetimes 427756@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Indeed, what t3ck said. WP doesn't have to create a new search engine model. Just create a widget that actually puts google in your side bar and searches only your blog for results.

]]> t3ck on "Expanding Post Search Results" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/expanding-post-search-results#post-427502 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:42:36 +0000 t3ck 427502@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ But it would be nice if the WP.com staff merged Google search into our blogs then they would have the problem solved. Self install WP blogs already have this option.

]]> timethief on "Expanding Post Search Results" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/expanding-post-search-results#post-427497 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:37:00 +0000 timethief 427497@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't really believe that wordpress.com will create search widgets that are as highly refined as Google search is. wordpress.com is in the blogging business and Google is in the search business.

]]> progressivetimes on "Expanding Post Search Results" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/expanding-post-search-results#post-427495 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:28:57 +0000 progressivetimes 427495@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Exactly. It certainly makes sense, but I am not as worried about my ability to search through my posts as I am about a visitor's ability. If someone else comes to my blog and reading a post causes them to think I may have something to say about a different but related topic then they may search through. Unfortunately, they're not going to dig enough (or at all) to find what may be exactly what they're looking for.

I feel like search engine technology is pretty advanced. Could WP not get a google widget that goes in your sidebar? I know many sites use google for intrasite searching. That can't be very difficult right?

]]> timethief on "Expanding Post Search Results" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/expanding-post-search-results#post-427461 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:23:31 +0000 timethief 427461@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What I would like to see is improvement when it comes to displaying relevant results. If I type the exact title of a post on my own blog into the wp.com search widget I expect that it should be the first result I see. It's not. I have to click and click and click to locate the post. This is why I do not use the wp.com search widget. I use Google. I type in an exact title or even a partial title and BINGO! I have the relevant result I'm looking for.

]]> progressivetimes on "Expanding Post Search Results" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/expanding-post-search-results#post-427456 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:09:21 +0000 progressivetimes 427456@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Greetings. This may have been suggested before, but it would really be great to expand the number of results in the search widget when trying to navigate around your blog. I realize that the number of page results is linked to the number of posts you set to appear on your home page, but is there a reason that this correlation has to happen?

I am no programming genius, but I it seems it would be relatively easy to post more search results... many search results, on the same results page rather than just a handful. I do not even have that many blog posts yet, but for people with hundreds or thousands, I can only imagine this being a bit more frustrating.

Is there repercussions to something like this that I don't know about? Issues with memory or space or something else? Either way, something to think on. Thanks!

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