From: Peter Hickman <peterhickman386@...>
Date: 2013-02-21T07:01:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby-Talk without the cruft

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Sounds like a fun project :)

I gave it a spin with a search for "split a unicode string" and "extract
unicode characters". To be honest I was not expecting a hit unless you had
entered a lot of old messages and of course there were no hits. No results
can be a little daunting because it makes you think that you have entered
the wrong search terms.

What might be a good idea is to try variations of the failed search.

"split a unicode string" yields nothing but searches for "unicode" (one of
your keywords), "unicode string" and "split string" all return results.
Which would make me hopeful that there was an answer to my question in
there. Likewise "extract unicode characters" yields nothing but "unicode",
"unicode characters" and "extract characters" all return results.

I am not saying that this will magically find answers that are not there
but they will allow the user to feel that your site has something to offer.
Going to the site to find that all your queries return no results will
drive users away and your efforts will be in vain.

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ve it a spin with a search for &quot;split a unicode string&quot; and &quot=
;extract unicode characters&quot;. To be honest I was not expecting a hit u=
nless you had entered a lot of old messages and of course there were no hit=
s. No results can be a little daunting because it makes you think that you =
have entered the wrong search terms.</div>
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ons of the failed search.</div><div style><br></div><div style>&quot;split =
a unicode string&quot; yields nothing but searches for &quot;unicode&quot; =
(one of your keywords), &quot;unicode string&quot; and &quot;split string&q=
uot; all return results. Which would make me hopeful that there was an answ=
er to my question in there. Likewise &quot;extract unicode characters&quot;=
 yields nothing but &quot;unicode&quot;, &quot;unicode characters&quot; and=
 &quot;extract characters&quot; all return results.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I am not saying that this will magically fi=
nd answers that are not there but they will allow the user to feel that you=
r site has something to offer. Going to the site to find that all your quer=
ies return no results will drive users away and your efforts will be in vai=
n.</div>
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