Re: Beta 2: Conlang Archives Mirror

Hi!

Herman Miller writes:
>...
> I guess the search seems to be working for the most part. The first
> time I tried the search, it linked to a list of threads:
>
> http://archives.conlang.info/2004-06.html
>
> This could make it hard to find the right post. But other searches
> brought up the posts directly. Is it possible to exclude the index
> pages from the search (and would that be a desirable feature)?
I spotted this problem, too, when the first pages had been indexed, so
I added hints to all the index pages to ask spiders not to index them,
but only follow the links.  That's one improvement over the beta 1
version, and over time, search hits will only be in articles.

For beta 3, I will also add a search function implemented on my
internal SQL data base, namely to search in subjects of threads only
instead of in the full text.

> A search for "Tiki" by the way ended up with a list of sponsored links
> for Tiki torches, Tiki statues and so on. :-) One of the problems with
> having a name for a conlang that happens to match something
> irrelevant. I wonder if I should change the name...?
I spotted this problem, too, but the solution is less easy.  My goal
for beta 3 will be to automatically chop off sponsored links.  The
problem is to identify them without erroneously classifying normal
signatures evil.  That normal problem of identifying spam, some
sponsored links will probably always make it.

**Henrik