[wp-forums] New Search

[Vicki Frei]

On 3/20/2006 6:01:14 PM, Matt Mullenweg (m at mullenweg.com) wrote:
> Matt Mullenweg wrote:
> > You guys want to take a whack at the new search and make some
> suggestions?
> 
> Okay new feature.
> 
> If you're logged in, you'll see a link to "suggest a better result."
> 
> Submissions here go into a moderation queue, like comments on a WP blog.
> 
> If
> you're a forum moderator, you can go here:
> 
> http://wordpress.org/search/search-admin/
> 
> And see what's
> in the queue and approve or delete them.
> 
> If something is approved, it shows above the results, like in this silly
> example:
> 
> http://wordpress.org/search/matt
> 
> Think of it like adwords, but for useful information. We can use it to
> highlight resources that either aren't on wordpress.org or that don't
> show up properly in the search results.
> 
> Useful addition? Waste of time?
> 
> --
> Matt Mullenweg

You get my vote for "useful".  Might take a while to percolate, but I'm pretty 
sure it'll be very good eventually.  This is the sort of input that actually can 
be exceptional when it comes to results.

Again, thanks.

V