Brion Vibber
I've temporarily disabled the wiki's internal
search engine on the
English Wikipedia; searches are directed to google with a site-specific
match.
If the search feature is slowing down the site, I think using Google
would be a satisfactory permanent alternative. We've been using it
for years at the PR Watch web site, with no complaints.
Google opened their APIs up for public use awhile ago. I haven't
looked at them, but perhaps there's some way it could be used to lash
together a search feature that would simultaneously search several
Wikis all at once.
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| Sheldon Rampton
| Editor, PR Watch (
www.prwatch.org)
| Author of books including:
| Friends In Deed: The Story of US-Nicaragua Sister Cities
| Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
| Mad Cow USA
| Trust Us, We're Experts
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