Google and Forums

[Norm]

I love google, so don't get me wrong here.
I have a pet peeve with some (a lot) of the search results though.

Too many forum threads come up now when doing searches.

Sometimes a forum has the answer, so it's not all bad. But wouldn't it be nice if google would make a separate page to show forum searche results instead of lumping them in with the results from a search?

[Joel]

Originally posted by Norm
I love google, so don't get me wrong here.
I have a pet peeve with some (a lot) of the search results though.

Too many forum threads come up now when doing searches.

Sometimes a forum has the answer, so it's not all bad. But wouldn't it be nice if google would make a separate page to show forum searche results instead of lumping them in with the results from a search?

I hate searching and having to read all sorts of useless forums to find my answer!

[Roody]

Actually no I like it as is. My site has benefitted numerous times from such results.

[Norm]

This morning I was reading a thread in software asking about slimbrowser, and popups. Not too familiar with slimbrowser I decided to search using google, and "slimbrowser" as the search word.

Low and behold the very first result was a direct link to the thread in software (SG) that I was reading lol

[qball15j]

Originally posted by Norm
This morning I was reading a thread in software asking about slimbrowser, and popups. Not too familiar with slimbrowser I decided to search using google, and "slimbrowser" as the search word.

Low and behold the very first result was a direct link to the thread in software (SG) that I was reading lol

Wow, I guess the google bot hits this place hard.

[maro]

Originally posted by qball15j
Wow, I guess the google bot hits this place hard.

That's for sure, and it's great that SG is still loading fast.
And I also like to find the answers on forums - you can learn a lot more than you wanted.

[JawZ]

Originally posted by Norm
I love google, so don't get me wrong here.
I have a pet peeve with some (a lot) of the search results though.

Too many forum threads come up now when doing searches.

Sometimes a forum has the answer, so it's not all bad. But wouldn't it be nice if google would make a separate page to show forum searche results instead of lumping them in with the results from a search?

slim browser -forum -forums -discussion

Norm, use the exclusionary - before the terms forums, forum, discussion, and comment. That usually works for me when I want to exclude forums from google search results.

I just retested and it works.

Do a search for broadband tweaks. You'll see results that link to forums. Now add in the -forum -forums to your search. they are gone. hope this helps.

[YARDofSTUF]

Originally posted by Norm
This morning I was reading a thread in software asking about slimbrowser, and popups. Not too familiar with slimbrowser I decided to search using google, and "slimbrowser" as the search word.

Low and behold the very first result was a direct link to the thread in software (SG) that I was reading lol

My first result was the sb home page. Have you been playing around with advanced options and junk?

[Brent]

Originally posted by Norm
This morning I was reading a thread in software asking about slimbrowser, and popups. Not too familiar with slimbrowser I decided to search using google, and "slimbrowser" as the search word.

Low and behold the very first result was a direct link to the thread in software (SG) that I was reading lol

interesting, when i searched slimbrowser in google the first link takes you right to their homepage: http://www.google.com/search?q=slimbrowser

[messiah]

forums are still .html

I dont ever have that problem, and whenever I need "support" I edit my string or search under Google Groups.

for example:
I wonder how to contact some mexican pharmacies -using google groups

[deleted_acct]

i know cause my friend has like 6000 results on google because of his forums.