Blog: New ITNinja Search (Beta)

New ITNinja Search (Beta)

bkelly

Just so you don’t think we are slacking over here, I’m happy to share our beta of ITNinja’s replacement search functionality. It’s not ready for prime time yet, so you’ll find the same Google search is in place on the site right now because we just are not satisfied with the replacement yet which you may access at:

http://www.itninja.com/searchbeta

Though it is arguably better, here is a short list of the issues we plan to address before cutting it over as the primary search solution for the site:

Software results with no tips may be returned as highly ranked results
We will be adding the ability to return results by recency or relevancy
We’ll be tweaking the weighting of results to better ensure our more valuable pages are better ranked in results

With the above exceptions, if you have any feedback on search or how we might improve it, please do share right here in the comments of this post.

Update: Search is out of beta and in production now. Access from the top of the screen or at http://www.itninja.com/search for details about the release, check here.

Comments

samzeeco 7 months 5 days 9 mins ago

Sweet. Looking forward to it.

bkelly 7 months 4 days 52 mins ago

Please try it out and let us know what you think! http://www.itninja.com/searchbeta
- samzeeco 4 months 30 days 3 mins ago
  
  You might consider adding the dates of the results next to them. I was doing some searching in regards to the new upgrade and was getting results from 2011, having the date nearby would have allowed me to disregard the results easier. I know there is a "recency" button, but still, seeing relevancy and being able to pick dates would be helpful.

SMal.tmcc 7 months 4 days 34 mins ago

Been using it and had others in department also try it, so far so good

bkelly 6 months 27 days 58 mins ago

Thanks, keep it up-- I'd love to hear some cases where you did (better) or did not (worse) find something specific with the new search as compared to the old!

Aaron Cool 7 months 3 days 17 mins ago

so much better with icons next to the searched results

bkelly 6 months 27 days 59 mins ago

It's amazing what a difference that makes; much easier on the eye

awingren 7 months 2 days 37 mins ago

This new search seems to be return cleaner/more useful results. Thanks, bkelly and team! :-)

bkelly 6 months 27 days 58 mins ago

Thank you!

advkace 6 months 28 days 41 mins ago

will there be filtering allowed via the different icons/categories of returned results? I do like it.

bkelly 6 months 27 days 59 mins ago

Yes, it got scoped out of this initial release but the plan is to allow you to focus on certain content. Thanks!

Timanator 6 months 27 days 50 mins ago

Need some type of sort function? Like by posting date, last replied...

Ultimation 3 months 2 days 59 mins ago

I agree. There is a sort by relevance/recency feature, but it doesn't appear to be working yet. But the more ways you can sort results the better, especially as the content database continues to grow.
- bkelly 3 months 2 days 33 mins ago
  
  Thanks we are working to verify recency results now as we are planning to launch it around the end of the month

gargone 6 months 21 days 24 mins ago last edited 6 months 13 days 50 mins ago

Wow...much more relevant content. When i first started using the search feature it was more confusing and distracting. This one is much better. Kudos

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Tomsquatch 5 months 17 days 24 mins ago

May be to late but the search results were very relevant and actually help me find something I was looking for.

Timanator 5 months 15 days 1 mins ago

Could use some more tweaking IMO. Look up Autodesk by Recency, the 3rd item is from 2004.

bkelly 3 months 2 days 34 mins ago

Thanks we are working to verify recency results now as we are planning to launch it around the end of the month

bkelly 2 months 21 days 44 mins ago

New search is up now: http://www.itninja.com/search

samzeeco 7 months 5 days 9 mins ago

Sweet. Looking forward to it.
- bkelly 7 months 4 days 52 mins ago
  
  Please try it out and let us know what you think! http://www.itninja.com/searchbeta
  - samzeeco 4 months 30 days 3 mins ago
    
    You might consider adding the dates of the results next to them. I was doing some searching in regards to the new upgrade and was getting results from 2011, having the date nearby would have allowed me to disregard the results easier. I know there is a "recency" button, but still, seeing relevancy and being able to pick dates would be helpful.
SMal.tmcc 7 months 4 days 34 mins ago

Been using it and had others in department also try it, so far so good
- bkelly 6 months 27 days 58 mins ago
  
  Thanks, keep it up-- I'd love to hear some cases where you did (better) or did not (worse) find something specific with the new search as compared to the old!
Aaron Cool 7 months 3 days 17 mins ago

so much better with icons next to the searched results
- bkelly 6 months 27 days 59 mins ago
  
  It's amazing what a difference that makes; much easier on the eye
awingren 7 months 2 days 37 mins ago

This new search seems to be return cleaner/more useful results. Thanks, bkelly and team! :-)
- bkelly 6 months 27 days 58 mins ago
  
  Thank you!
advkace 6 months 28 days 41 mins ago

will there be filtering allowed via the different icons/categories of returned results? I do like it.
- bkelly 6 months 27 days 59 mins ago
  
  Yes, it got scoped out of this initial release but the plan is to allow you to focus on certain content. Thanks!
Timanator 6 months 27 days 50 mins ago

Need some type of sort function? Like by posting date, last replied...
- Ultimation 3 months 2 days 59 mins ago
  
  I agree. There is a sort by relevance/recency feature, but it doesn't appear to be working yet. But the more ways you can sort results the better, especially as the content database continues to grow.
  - bkelly 3 months 2 days 33 mins ago
    
    Thanks we are working to verify recency results now as we are planning to launch it around the end of the month
gargone 6 months 21 days 24 mins ago last edited 6 months 13 days 50 mins ago

Wow...much more relevant content. When i first started using the search feature it was more confusing and distracting. This one is much better. Kudos
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Tomsquatch 5 months 17 days 24 mins ago

May be to late but the search results were very relevant and actually help me find something I was looking for.
Timanator 5 months 15 days 1 mins ago

Could use some more tweaking IMO. Look up Autodesk by Recency, the 3rd item is from 2004.
- bkelly 3 months 2 days 34 mins ago
  
  Thanks we are working to verify recency results now as we are planning to launch it around the end of the month
bkelly 2 months 21 days 44 mins ago

New search is up now: http://www.itninja.com/search

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