Search changes

[mark]

Hi all,

I just rolled out some search changes. The two main things you should notice: search indexing is much quicker now (it updates with new content every 15 minutes) and also now comments (on paid accounts) are indexed.

Thank you for all of your patience with search. We outgrew our old trusty search machine and it's now retired. The new one is much larger, has faster disks, and should hold us in good standing for a while as we grow.

I'll be around all day and watching this post. Please let me know if you see any problems!

Comments

[mark]

No, you can't search by author; it's all text based. If you happen to know that they always sign their comments by some unique words, you could perhaps search for that -- but it'd still be very hit or miss (and most people don't have a unique sign-off like that).

Also, comments are only indexed if they are on a paid account. Not if they were made BY a paid account -- but if they are ON a paid account. This is mostly designed for large communities that want to be able to search through comments, as a lot of the content is in the comments.

[azurelunatic]

Comment subjects too, or only comment bodies?

[fu]

Comment subjects, too, same with entries!

[azurelunatic]

Yay!

[owl]

Awesome!