[WikiEN-l] Re: WikiEN-l digest, Vol 1 #212 - 14 msgs

[Sheldon Rampton]

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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