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RLSLOG search: Google or Custom?

Posted on 27.11.2008 at 21:46 in Site news by Martin

I’ve changed the search form in the right menu from a custom in-house search to Google Search. The reason for this was that standard Wordpress search is sometimes not working too well, displaying totally irrelevant results. I received few complaints about it, however, after the change to Google, another group of people sent me a feedback that they don’t like the new search engine. The main reason is that Google doesn’t sort the results according to the time of post, as the old search did.

Please vote in the poll displayed in the right menu or leave a feedback here in comments and we will decide which one is the way to go.

UPDATE: OK, I guess it’s more than obvious the majority of our visitors prefer the old Custom search so I will switch back to it. You can always use Google with one extra “rlslog” keyword after all…

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  1. Gold
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:48

    1st 2 post
    Custom is my choice

  2. iMP
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:48

    Custom. Even though it shows some weird results, it’s still better having the results sorted according to the time of post.

  3. me
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:49

    no poll

  4. Fook
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:49

    Custom, QTF @ #2..

  5. Zhylo
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:49

    I choose you, Custom!

  6. qwertyfish
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:50

    Google gives better results, the old one was to retarted

  7. chocheese
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:50

    GOOGLE SEARCH SUCKS, BRING BACK THE OLD ONE

  8. wsh
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:50

    custom, and have someone work out the ‘bugs’.

  9. Count Spatula
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:51

    Can’t see the poll?? I prefer Custom, never had any problems with it

  10. keran
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:51

    Google is better!!!

    Was surprised today when i searched something and found it on FIRST place. Usually i found what im looking for at 3-4 place
    So my vote goes to G ;)

    But like those before me posted there is no sorting… so…

  11. Wah
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:51

    Google AND custom.

  12. Bertje666
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:52

    Custom is way better

  13. afx99
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:53

    custom all the way

  14. sdr
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:54

    custom is better, google’s isnt sorted by date:(

  15. Doga
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:54

    Custom from over here.

  16. rommm
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:54

    custom

  17. `Dr. Nick Riviera`
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:55

    Google is working better for me, the only issue is the display order… =/

  18. clarc
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:56

    old!

  19. Thomas
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:56

    Custom is a lot better.

  20. theinternetdude
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:57

    Google seems to display more relevant results, as you mentioned. If you can find a way to sort by age/popularity/etc, then it would be superior, IMO.

    What this site REALLY needs though, is a button to block out TV posts- you know, like that OTHER site just recently added.

    It’s just a suggestion, but I’ve recently been going there more than here because of I hate having to sift through three pages of TV shows to get to something interesting.

    Why do you guys even waste space posting TV shows anyways? Isn’t that what eztv.it is for?

  21. Dr. Macnamara
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:57

    Custom much better

  22. seriously
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:58

    I like custom more, mainly because the posts are from newest to oldest, when I’m searching for something I’m usually searching for one or two of tv-shows i watch regularly and which i missed the other day.

  23. J
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:58

    Is it not possible to keep them both?

  24. Joe
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:58

    custom,if you can work out the kinks.Otherwise,thanks for such a great site.

  25. lifeisgood
    November 27th, 2008 | 21:59

    Custom is way better … GooG sucks !!!

  26. Syk0tik0ne
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:00

    i’d have to go with custom as well, i ‘think’ the issue with wordpress default search engine, at least in my experience with it, is that it searches the user comments as well so it appears to return a false positive unless you read all the comments that users have posted and see that someone posted something that pertains to your search request. But I really would like to see some narrowing options to browsing, sometimes people don’t have time to check the site every hour and end up having to go through several pages of irrelevant posts if they are gone for anymore than a day, it makes sense to have some way of viewing only categories that pertain to your own intrests

  27. kkthxbye
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:01

    I vote Custom, because of the date sorting.

  28. livio lee
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:01

    Custom.

  29. Daks
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:01

    Custom forever!

  30. bdv
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:02

    google’s better but results sorted by time is much more useful.
    So i’ll go with custom.

  31. rlsmaster
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:02

    Wordpress (custom)
    Usually when i’m searching for something is because i noticed when i was fast reading the titles in my rss reader. Order by Post date is a must

  32. DooR.Will
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:02

    Custom plzzz Google Suxks !!!!! i cant find any thing with the google search.

  33. ExtraZuur
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:03

    Custom please and but make the search better :) THNX

  34. Dancecorp
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:03

    The Old search was at time clunky but it is much better than the google one. I spent almost an hour trying to find a monday released post this morning, before i never had that problem typed in what i was looking for and it was there

  35. WilR
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:04

    I vote for both, you’ll never make everyone happy otherwise :P

  36. afa
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:04

    maybe custom not work perfect,but i hate google search on websites like this (date sorting,etc)

  37. hhh
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:04

    what is google and what is custom?

  38. d.
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:04

    custom, we all have google toolbars.

  39. Ez
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:05

    BOTH!

    why choose when you can let the people choose everytime they want to search.

  40. GOOgle
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:05

    the old one was sooo badd nothing cameout right!!!

  41. -_-
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:05

    I don’t know why u changed it to google anyway brig back the old one ><

  42. Philonious
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:05

    CUSTOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  43. morita
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:05

    Custom is in all ways better, hands down.

  44. iNCQRiT
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:05

    I’d say custom. You can always search in google anyway, and the sorting is something useful. Maybe just offer both?

  45. pokutwo
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:06

    if it’s not broken don’t fix it

  46. Tbag
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:06

    GOOGLE SEARCH!!! The other one SUCKED!

  47. Martin Scawk
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:06

    Custom is better.

    Do we really want Google indexing all the pirate movies and software advertized on RSL?

  48. Arash
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:08

    CUSTOM! Your site is very good… but i prefer Custom..

  49. aaa
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:08

    Custom!!!

  50. M
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:08

    @45

    Custom was broken, now it’s fixed.

    Google all the way! You’re able to see way more posts that way also.

  51. James A
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:09

    I hate google search. Bring back the original one.

    I know it bought up some strange results but it’s a hell of a lot better than this one….

    Please go back!

  52. leehuas
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:10

    Back to the Custom search, the google one sucks!!

  53. random
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:12

    GOOGLE CUSTOM SEARCH IS JUST TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY FROM SPONSOR LINKS.. LAME EXCUSE YOU USING…

  54. blueplanet
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:12

    i love the new search i could never find anything with the old one! also the list type layout is quicker for finding what you want rather than clicking next page 20 times till you find what you want.

  55. n30onE
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:13

    My vote: “Old – custom”

    If someone wants google search just simply write “site:rlslog.net +[term]”

    —
    example:
    site:rlslog.net +The.Mummy.Tomb.Of.The.Dragon.Emperor

    http://www.google.pl/search?hl=pl&q=site%3Arlslog.net+%2BThe.Mummy.Tomb.Of.The.Dragon.Emperor&btnG=Szukaj+w+Google&lr=

  56. dap
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:13

    Custom Please, the google one is trash!

  57. shm
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:15

    custom! hands down…

  58. Google sux
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:15

    I was trying to find an older standup release last night (deleted my entire downloads folder by accident/stupidity, don’t ask) and found the search results were AWFUL, absolutely useless returns and after 5 pages I still couldn’t fine it. a quick search on another site got it instantly and I then searched it out by exact title on RLSLOG and found it.

    Stick to your old ways, Google sux the big hairbag.

  59. Cr4sh
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:16

    Custom for sure, but yeah, fix it to only search the articles, not the comments.
    …or both
    I always found what i was looking for right away, even with all those weird results.

  60. hhh
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:16

    i say custom but i use that search rarely..

  61. Superabdo
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:17

    custom search
    you need to enhance the custom search because of the sorted by date

  62. mastamind
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:19

    custom for sure

  63. nu_boi
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:19

    with old search it was quite hard to find anything even with the words from the title. google’s one works much better. I think this should be the main criterion

  64. Departure
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:19

    Id say custom.
    And as some ppl mensioned, it would be MASTER to have Custom, sort to date.

    Ow and TV shows, good u post them, I now now when they’re out.
    But U can leave the thumbnail or picture in my opinion, it’s filling to much. and therefore makes it so full, and annoying.
    I’d say put the name of the release, maybe an own comment, and a routine addition, time bitrate releasename, etc etc.
    That would improve the TV-Show posting section drasticly!
    Just my 2 ct’s to keep the readers happy!

  65. abcds
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:19

    custom search is better. I could not find anything with google… thanks..

  66. djoksa
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:21

    put them both!

  67. Morghus
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:21

    You might want to try out some google-documentation. It can be done I think

    http://code.google.com/apis/searchappliance/documentation/50/xml_reference.html#request_sort_by_date

  68. Dion Phaneuf is a prick
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:22

    Custom is better. Ordering by date is crucial, especially when your search is kinda vague…

  69. Aliaus
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:25

    CUSTOM!!!

  70. GoogleEatsDogManure
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:28

    Google search is for the unsophisticated nubs who start release sites. If you don’t bring back the custom search I’ll be forced to shut this site down immediately. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

    Love Always,

    Interwebz Overseer

  71. o.s.i.
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:29

    Custom of course!

  72. Pistol
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:30

    How about two radio buttons to switch between?
    Quite a lot of sites have that :)

  73. TimmyM
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:32

    Radio buttons or how about 2 Search textboxs… not 2 difficult. and im sure nobody will complain

  74. Coop
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:37

    there is nothing custom about it. there it should have “search only in title” and “search within sections”.
    try finding the latest windows oem release.

  75. stimpie
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:40

    google !!

    pls test before voting

    it is so much better now

  76. gnasty
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:41

    RSS in google reader—>built in search, full posts with pictures…NO ADS!!! Perfect!

    Thats what gets my vote, but I’m sure Martin, and company would prefer that people didn’t know about it.

  77. rats
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:43

    just put the damn Google Search in the results pages of the custom search and say something like “Advanced Search Using Google”.

  78. PDR
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:45

    the old one is better
    dont like the google serch

  79. rajkob
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:47

    custom

  80. Pepo
    November 27th, 2008 | 22:58

    No question about it..

    CUSTOM!!!!!!!!!

  81. tyu
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:03

    Can’t we have both?

  82. ek
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:05

    CUSTOM!!
    I tried the google search and I couldn’t get what i was after.
    Had to go to a different site to get it. :p So Google search is FAIL.

  83. miles
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:06

    custom, but it is still crap though. when you search “house”, house.s05e09 is the 8th result, i know there was the house bunny so that made up two, but most of them are unrelated, including this post. when you search house, it should really list the most recent episodes of house.

  84. sp
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:10

    custom

  85. fhjtg
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:13

    Custom is crap, Google is much better

  86. arjay
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:20

    custom

  87. SpaceGhost
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:29

    CUSTOM FOREVER

  88. satake
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:31

    If anyone would like to use google the only thing they have to do is add “site:rlslog.net” to the search ex: californication s01e01 site:rlslog.net

  89. Custom
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:32

    CUSTOM.FiX.now

  90. smdker
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:32

    Why not put both searches?

  91. lullercoaster
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:32

    I say, PULL ‘em both! Make a smarter custom one instead =]

  92. niku
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:35

    [nuked]Google.Sux.Big.Time_CUSTOM.NO.FiX.supplied

    fix it naooooo

  93. robin
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:36

    costum.but maybe its time to develop something new?

  94. hipple
    November 27th, 2008 | 23:47

    Custom for sure, the google was annoying. And yea, it’s time to get a new blog! Wordpress is so pre-2000!

  95. jimbalaga
    November 28th, 2008 | 00:04

    I am a custom officer..

  96. rasheed
    November 28th, 2008 | 00:16

    Keep them both.
    On the main page leave this old one (custom), and on categories pages put google search engine and everybody will be happy.

  97. Custom
    November 28th, 2008 | 00:17

    Custom all the way… Google search really sucks!

  98. Anonymous 923035
    November 28th, 2008 | 00:26

    Custom, I couldn’t find tomb raider underworld with google.

  99. ams
    November 28th, 2008 | 00:39

    each one of them have its advantages..

    put them both so you leave the choice to the user
    thanks

  100. Little Me
    November 28th, 2008 | 00:55

    who gives a sh!t so longs as i find it, ive read from above posts that google search finds it but its listed in 3rd or 4th place, wow, is it that hard to see the 3rd or 4th listing?? its on the same page ffs!!

    wah wah custom throws up a few miss leads and i have to scroll down the page to get what i want, sh!t is it that hard to match what u type in to what ur looking for…

    i think ut getting far too trivial for ur own good…or is it just me??

    but hey winge on cus thats what we humans do best!

    later

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