Expanding Post Search Results
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Greetings. This may have been suggested before, but it would really be great to expand the number of results in the search widget when trying to navigate around your blog. I realize that the number of page results is linked to the number of posts you set to appear on your home page, but is there a reason that this correlation has to happen?
I am no programming genius, but I it seems it would be relatively easy to post more search results… many search results, on the same results page rather than just a handful. I do not even have that many blog posts yet, but for people with hundreds or thousands, I can only imagine this being a bit more frustrating.
Is there repercussions to something like this that I don’t know about? Issues with memory or space or something else? Either way, something to think on. Thanks!
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What I would like to see is improvement when it comes to displaying relevant results. If I type the exact title of a post on my own blog into the wp.com search widget I expect that it should be the first result I see. It’s not. I have to click and click and click to locate the post. This is why I do not use the wp.com search widget. I use Google. I type in an exact title or even a partial title and BINGO! I have the relevant result I’m looking for.
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Exactly. It certainly makes sense, but I am not as worried about my ability to search through my posts as I am about a visitor’s ability. If someone else comes to my blog and reading a post causes them to think I may have something to say about a different but related topic then they may search through. Unfortunately, they’re not going to dig enough (or at all) to find what may be exactly what they’re looking for.
I feel like search engine technology is pretty advanced. Could WP not get a google widget that goes in your sidebar? I know many sites use google for intrasite searching. That can’t be very difficult right?
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I don’t really believe that wordpress.com will create search widgets that are as highly refined as Google search is. wordpress.com is in the blogging business and Google is in the search business.
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But it would be nice if the WP.com staff merged Google search into our blogs then they would have the problem solved. Self install WP blogs already have this option.
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Indeed, what t3ck said. WP doesn’t have to create a new search engine model. Just create a widget that actually puts google in your side bar and searches only your blog for results.
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