Improved Internal Search on HubPages

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   Simone Smithposted 14 years ago

   Our very own Mark Painter has done a brilliant job of improving internal search on HubPages.
   
   
   
   You'll notice the following features:
   -No more filtering dropdown menu for initial searches
   -Autocomplete when writing searches
   -Grouping of abundant filter results (e.g. answers, Hubbers) near the top for site-wide searches
   -More filter options
   
   We hope you like the improvements - have a look, if you haven't already, and let us know if you find any bugs!

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      twobmadposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Very Great.. it was the first problem I had when I was signing up for hubpages two months.. I didn't know where to make search people

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   WebbyAvatarposted 14 years ago

   Sounds great

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   Jen's Solitudeposted 14 years ago

   Just finished using it and had no problems at all. It is much improved so a giant thumbs-up from me. Thanks very much!

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   RedElfposted 14 years ago

   Nifty-pifty, Simone! Thanks,HubPages and Mark Painter!
   

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   waynetposted 14 years ago

   Awesome! Now I can keep tabs and search for topics more easily, I got frustrated with the old search, but glad it's been improved! Hubpage engineers and staff are outdoing themselves on all levels.
   
   I feel more motivated to try more and write more hubs or at the very least tackle my unpublished hubs!

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   ns1209posted 14 years ago

   Fantastic and loving all these updates! This should help when looking for other excellent Hubs. Keep up the good work.
   
   The only thing that is stopping me from writing hundreds of Hubs is the recent Google traffic drop!

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   frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

   Wonderful. Mark can now take a tea-break, he's earned it

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   Aware1posted 14 years ago

   Fabulous Work!

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   Shil1978posted 14 years ago

   Neat - I did try it out and it works just great. Thank you Mark and Simone

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    K9keystrokesposted 14 years ago

    I find the new internal search navigation to be very simple and much easier now, and it looks great also. The old way was a bit frustrating, now it is a very smooth process. Re-motivated to start pumping out hubs again with all of the new toys HubPages staff has brought to the community. Huge appreciation for the HP team! With a special thank you for Simone and Mark.

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    ripplemakerposted 14 years ago

    This is so wonderful! I loved it!

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    Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

    Huan ying Mark, Ni hao.
    
    Great job. Lots of fun to play with. I haven't found any bugs.

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    ThomasEposted 14 years ago

    I've been trying it out a bit, it is a great improvement, thanks.

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    Howard S.posted 14 years ago

    I stumbled across the modified search before this notice while trying to show someone how to use it. It didn't behave as usual (and I gave up quickly), so now I know why. Yes, it's better, but I have a puzzlement and a suggestion.
    
    I am puzzled by the order. I searched "persecution Iraq" by relevance. I got a hub, a group of comments, a group of answers, and a continuing list of hubs. I can understand grouping like items together, but why separate the hubs? If there's a rhyme or reason (beyond "relevance"), perhaps an explanatory note at the top would help.
    
    Suggestion: At this point I see a page icon next to each of these. That's fine next to hubs. How about putting the comment icon next to comments and the answer icon next to answers, etc.

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    Mark Painterposted 14 years ago

    I am very glad the search changes have been well received.  It is very gratifying to work on something and get feedback that the result was beneficial.
    
    Howard S., what I was trying to do was include pictures (or whatever) in the first place where a picture occurred in the relevance ranking.  At a gross level, this is working pretty well.  If you search for Pablo Picaso, some pictures will show up fairly high in the ranking, for example.  However, there are probably some searches where the results seem not as intuitive, as you pointed out.  Over time, I hope I will discover ways to whack the relevance engine on its pointy little head to get it to do better in these cases.  Your other points are well taken and more straight-forward to deal with.
    
    Nelle Hoxie, nin hao, nin guo jiang le.
    
    Mark

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       Michael Willisposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I am having a problem using the new search engine.
       I remember a forum and another location on HP that was about the Super Hubs program. I know it is closed, but these Hubs could be used for reference.
       I have searched for over an hour and typed in many different variations in the search box, but still come up with nothing.
       I do find questions, unrelated hub with words from my search post....but not what I am looking for.

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    viryaboposted 14 years ago

    I first saw it this afternoon but didn't look close enough to appreciate the change. Now i've gone back to look closely.
    
    Its really nice and makes it so much easier to search for whatever you need.
    
    Great Mark, and thanks Simone.

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