> Really, trying to search for a name + subject line combination for specific
> messages almost consistently fails to find the message. And this is not new
> messages that Google haven't had time to index yet. What use is this search
> then?

I admit that it bugs me too. I've spend some time tweaking the pages to try
to ensure google indexes them all and while it has improved I still do not
know why it does some and not others.

There are ways to make search work on specific combinations (e.g. subject,
author) by generating special indexes for them that google can crawl.

The other alternative is to use built-in search of our own, however this has
the disadvantage of having to access the database (since the entire site is
kept inside the DB). Plus I'd rather fix the google issue so that folks who
search from outside our site can find the same articles.

Nevertheless it should not be a major issue to add a separate subject or author
search as a supplement to google I guess.

At this point I really would like to know if anyone can spot a pattern to the
pages it indexes and those it doesn't.

-- Chris

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