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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: OT: Search tricks?
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:31:16 -0700
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On 8/22/2024 6:17 AM, Don Y wrote:
>> Some sites own search facilities are so dire (BBC for instance) that the only 
>> way to find stuff is to go into google and use +BBC together with +keywords 
>> (this may work for some badly indexed etail sites too).
> 
> The site then has to have been index-able by google/DDG/etc.
> SWMBO continually complains that the "art supply" sites she
> uses have atrocious search capabilities (coupled with completely
> outdated inventory information)

Here, for example, a search intended to find "payne's gray" paint
assuming the searching party doesn't know how to properly spell it:
     <https://www.jerrysartarama.com/search/go?w=pains%20grey>
HUNDREDS of results yet *none* on the first page are correct!

Assuming you KNOW how to spell it:
     <https://www.jerrysartarama.com/search/go?w=paynes grey>
you still get a bunch of unrelated "grey" hits -- but, at least
a few likely results among the ~100 hits!