Search feature at help.ubuntu.com

[Doug Smythies]

On 2014.11.04 Gunnar wrote:

> Doug and I have been tweaking some details behind the scenes with
> respect to how the search engines index the official docs at
> <https://help.ubuntu.com>. Also, the search feature has been modified a
> bit together with Dustin Kirkland, who implemented the feature a few
> years ago.

> When you use the search feature at help.ubuntu.com, you currently get
> results from Google's indexing of these sites:

> - help.ubuntu.com/lts (server guide)
> - help.ubuntu.com/stable (desktop guide)
> - help.ubuntu.com/community
> - askubuntu.com
> - manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty
> - wiki.ubuntu.com

> wiki.ubuntu.com was added to the list in response to
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/1310309

> Since wiki.ubuntu.com mostly contains other things but user
> documentation, there is a risk that this change will lead to additional
> irrelevant items in the search results. Therefore we intend to
> re-evaluate the inclusion of wiki.ubuntu.com in a few weeks.

> It would be great if you could try a few searches, and let us know about
> such irrelevant wiki.ubuntu.com pages in the search results. We are of
> course also interested in knowing about any other oddities you may find
> when using the search feature.

I would like the ability to narrow the search to include just results from
the serverguide. I.E. I would like to be able to use the search tool to
help me find my way around the serverguide.

Similarly for when I am using the desktop help pages.

It is my understanding that currently I can only narrow the search to include
"official", which includes at least desktop help and serverguide results.

Currently I use the PDF version of the serverguide and do my "searching" there.

... Doug