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==Two search | ==Two search methods== | ||
On the left toolbar present when viewing any page in Proteopedia | On the left toolbar present when viewing any page in Proteopedia is a standard '''wiki search box''', similar to what you find in Wikipedia. The second search method is using Google to search Proteopedia with the search string "site:proteopedia.org ...", where "..." stands for the term or combination of terms you are interested in. Why have two? Performing good searches is a hard task, and the standard wiki search feature often comes up short, so we wanted to provide another option. | ||
===Disadvantages of the wiki search box=== | ===Disadvantages of the wiki search box=== | ||
Words of 3 or fewer characters in length are ignored and cannot be found, for example searching for '''MHC''' fails to find any page text matches, while doing the same search in the Google search box finds many. Words of 4 or more characters are found, e.g. '''hook'''. | Words of 3 or fewer characters in length are ignored and cannot be found, for example searching for '''MHC''' fails to find any page text matches, while doing the same search in the Google search box finds many. Words of 4 or more characters are found, e.g. '''hook''', unless they are stop words (see [[Help:Stop Words]]). | ||
===Advantages of the wiki search box=== | ===Advantages of the wiki search box=== | ||
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===Disadvantages of the Google search | ===Disadvantages of the Google search=== | ||
Recently created pages will not appear when searching using the Google search box because Google needs time to find and index new pages. Additionally, it is impossible to restrict your search to particular namespaces like you can with the wiki search. | Recently created pages will not appear when searching using the Google search box because Google needs time to find and index new pages. Additionally, it is impossible to restrict your search to particular namespaces like you can with the wiki search. | ||
===Advantages of the Google search | ===Advantages of the Google search=== | ||
Three-character length words, such as '''MHC''', are found by Google but are not found by the wiki search box. | Three-character length words, such as '''MHC''', are found by Google but are not found by the wiki search box. | ||