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Ableton search vs Google search?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:57 am
by gjm
Every now and then someone bags the Ableton search engine, for various reasons. Recently I saw that you can use google to seach if you use syntax something like this
site:ableton.com and your topic to search
So I tried it on a word that I knew would have a limited presence in the data base "doilies." (the ones sweetjesus has under his nearfields). I used both the Ableton search and the google search. Google could not find a match, but the Abe's search found it. So what is the advantage of using the google seach in the Abe site? And also, apart from the options avaliable to search with, what's actually wrong with the search option on this board?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:15 am
by forge
as I said in another thread, the Ableton search engine is a living entity and throws out Karmically Tangental threads that are meant to lead you on mad time wasting safaris
entering random words can lead you on all kinds of whacky adventures into the murky bowels of Abletonia
"Cat + milk" will probably be a good start
Re: Ableton search vs Google search?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:12 am
by gjm
gjm wrote: what's actually wrong with the search option on this board?
Nada I say. It has no brain. Tis no Frankenstein. It does what it is supposed to do... look for the words you ask for, with no preferences and no concern for your feelings. Where did all of those words come from?...the dark and tortured minds of Abletonia's citizens....douche pickles, cats milk, doilies AND, AND, AND all.
Still, one mod would be nice, search by
subject line. The pride that this collective forum has is that it is self governing, and overtime will adapt to the tools within it's grasp. Surely this one extra filter would not be too cumbersome to construct. Once noticed and used by members then you could equally reply STFF (search the f'n forum) and RTFM with a little more confidence
Where's that pie in the sky?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:17 am
by dcease
bs. i agree with forge. too tired to do anything else? load some tunes, and venture into the murky depths!
who knows what you may find... is it merely coincidence, or have magical doors opened right before your very eyes...
behold, the future, written in the past...
or some really funny shit, at least
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:23 am
by gjm
dcease wrote:bs. i agree with forge. too tired to do anything else? load some tunes, and venture into the murky depths!
who knows what you may find... is it merely coincidence, or have magical doors opened right before your very eyes...
behold, the future, written in the past...
or some really funny shit, at least
Search by image would be good.....oh, no pron anymore
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:28 am
by dcease
all you'd get is cats
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:31 am
by gjm
dcease wrote:all you'd get is cats
TD's Kitty pron
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:28 pm
by forge
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:40 pm
by gjm
OK, I am really interested..... seriously. You searched 'serendipity' and got those? How come I didn't? Or is that the issue?
BTW, the wanking thread has sooooooo much comedy potential
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:52 pm
by mikemc
fwiw, i have a search widget on my website that allows you to search several electronic music sites of interest via google, and can be limited to just this forum:
http://utenzil.com/frames_index.html
having said that, if'n it's the strange and bizarre yer looking fer, then look for 'birth announcement' (specifying All Terms) using the Ableton forum search
Re: Ableton search vs Google search?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:19 am
by simpleton
gjm wrote:...So what is the advantage of using the google seach in the Abe site?...
Google needs the money, the economy is in a rut, help a brotha out.