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New ITNinja Search (Beta)

Just so you don’t think we are slacking over here, I’m happy to share our beta of ITNinja’s replacement search functionality. It’s not ready for prime time yet, so you’ll find the same Google search is in place on the site right now because we just are not satisfied with the replacement yet which you may access at:

http://www.itninja.com/searchbeta 

Though it is arguably better, here is a short list of the issues we plan to address before cutting it over as the primary search solution for the site:

  • Software results with no tips may be returned as highly ranked results
  • We will be adding the ability to return results by recency or relevancy
  • We’ll be tweaking the weighting of results to better ensure our more valuable pages are better ranked in results

With the above exceptions, if you have any feedback on search or how we might improve it, please do share right here in the comments of this post. 

 

Update: Search is out of beta and in production now. Access from the top of the screen or at http://www.itninja.com/search for details about the release, check here


Comments

  • Sweet. Looking forward to it. - samzeeco 11 years ago
    • Please try it out and let us know what you think! http://www.itninja.com/searchbeta - bkelly 11 years ago
      • You might consider adding the dates of the results next to them. I was doing some searching in regards to the new upgrade and was getting results from 2011, having the date nearby would have allowed me to disregard the results easier. I know there is a "recency" button, but still, seeing relevancy and being able to pick dates would be helpful. - samzeeco 11 years ago
  • Been using it and had others in department also try it, so far so good - SMal.tmcc 11 years ago
    • Thanks, keep it up-- I'd love to hear some cases where you did (better) or did not (worse) find something specific with the new search as compared to the old! - bkelly 11 years ago
  • so much better with icons next to the searched results - Aaron Cool 11 years ago
    • It's amazing what a difference that makes; much easier on the eye - bkelly 11 years ago
  • This new search seems to be return cleaner/more useful results. Thanks, bkelly and team! :-) - awingren 11 years ago
    • Thank you! - bkelly 11 years ago
  • will there be filtering allowed via the different icons/categories of returned results? I do like it. - advkace 11 years ago
    • Yes, it got scoped out of this initial release but the plan is to allow you to focus on certain content. Thanks! - bkelly 11 years ago
  • Need some type of sort function? Like by posting date, last replied... - Timanator 11 years ago
    • I agree. There is a sort by relevance/recency feature, but it doesn't appear to be working yet. But the more ways you can sort results the better, especially as the content database continues to grow. - Ultimation 11 years ago
      • Thanks we are working to verify recency results now as we are planning to launch it around the end of the month - bkelly 11 years ago
  • Wow...much more relevant content. When i first started using the search feature it was more confusing and distracting. This one is much better. Kudos - gargone 11 years ago
  • May be to late but the search results were very relevant and actually help me find something I was looking for. - Tomsquatch 11 years ago
  • Could use some more tweaking IMO. Look up Autodesk by Recency, the 3rd item is from 2004. - Timanator 11 years ago
    • Thanks we are working to verify recency results now as we are planning to launch it around the end of the month - bkelly 11 years ago
  • New search is up now: http://www.itninja.com/search - bkelly 11 years ago
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