# Google search?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 30, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041 "2008-11-30T10:46:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041/1 "2008-11-30T10:46:44Z")

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I’m sure I remember reading that Google searching would be enabled for the Dope. It’s never appeared in any Google search I’ve done, so:  
Does my memory serve me well?  
If so, has it been implemented?  
If it hasn’t, will it be?

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041/2 "2008-11-30T12:02:16Z")

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[The first post in the \*Current Status of SDMB Upgrade \* thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10175229&postcount=1) gets updated with a list of what stuff’s done, what’s next and what’s deferred. At present it says

> [@](#):
>
> _jdavis_
> 
> Currently Working On
> 
> ```
> * Update user titles restoring Charter Member for those who lost it
> * Set Charter Member paid subscription rate to $7.48
> 
> ```
> 
> Next Priorities
> 
> ```
> * Review multiple threads reporting problems and amend Next Priorities list
> * Review whether to rebuild the internal vBulletin search engine index so that the 1.3 million restored posts will be keyword searchable. This may be skipped if it seems server intensive. **Installation of a new third party search engine will eventually resolve this issue.**
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> ```
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> Deferred
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> ```
> * **Allow search engine spidering of content**
> 
> ```
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> [my emphasis]

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041/3 "2008-11-30T12:15:29Z")

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Oh, and in case it’s unclear, allowing search engine spidering of content is what would make this place searchable by Google.

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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041/4 "2008-11-30T12:19:26Z")

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Yes, that the source of my confusion. I wasn’t sure if the one being the next priority and the other being deferred were the same.

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041/5 "2008-11-30T13:17:27Z")

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They’re not the same. In this case, the third-party search engine is quicker, more efficient software installed on the server to take over the searching duties.

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041/6 "2008-11-30T20:18:11Z")

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> [@SkipMagic](#):
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> They’re not the same. In this case, the third-party search engine is quicker, more efficient software installed on the server to take over the searching duties.

Would this be like an appliance such as Google Mini?

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041/7 "2008-12-01T15:35:51Z")

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No, not an appliance. Just a software program.