From: Steve Downie <lists@...>
Date: 2013-02-21T08:21:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby-Talk without the cruft

Peter Hickman wrote in post #1098083:
> 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.

Glad you got to try it out.

RE: search terms

I have tried to implement keywords (not key phrases) so that the search
terms could be short and accurate. While the Postgres search that I've
implemented does search keywords, subjects and text of the tips, you
will find that less is more and rather than entering phrases, just
entering keywords *may* find more useful information.

Source code for my site is open source and is here:
https://github.com/CaptDowner/rubytips.git

Feel free to fork it and add features (like enhanced search). I do this
in my spare time and can't devote as much time as I'd like to further
development.

If nothing else, please add your own "tips" that you think others might
find useful. ;-)

Thanks again for checking it out.

Cheers!,

-- Steve
aka Capt. Downer
email: captdowner@gmail.com

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