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		<title>6 Reasons Not to Use Google SiteSearch</title>
		<description>Discuss 6 Reasons Not to Use Google SiteSearch</description>
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			<title>Greg2 says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-9825</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is an old thread, but I have some other reasons to add. * If you have a multilingual site including any kind of exotic script, Google will frequently NOT bother to index the exotic script (in my case it's Thai). So searching for Thai on my site with Google is a waste of time because Google won't index it. * Google Custom Search has become increasingly complex. The explanations are written for computer geeks, by which I mean abstract concepts and functions are bandied about without any attempt to explain how these functions are actually used to create 'query pages' and 'results pages' (they don't even use these mundane terms). That makes it very hard to implement and to troubleshoot. * Google may be listening to your complaints or suggestions, but you have no way of knowing what is going on behind those walls. In other words, they are either unresponsive, or they are being responsive but totally lack transparency.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Greg2</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>torkil says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-8170</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Some good points being made. I've been researching Google Site Search, and I have to point out the following: It does not have to be 2-3 days behind. You can actually force it to reindex your site from the administrative section. (look up "on demand indexing") You are forgetting alot of the reasons why you SHOULD consider using google too... It is a vastly more intelligent search engine.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>torkil</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>James Friesen says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7466</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have to be honest, I have never been too enamored with Joomla search. By default it does an "any" search which is completely different than what people who are used to Google expect. However, I have tried the Google search and it works great MOST of the time, but I found that it often has blind spots. At least with the Joomla search you know that if the search word is in the database it will show up in the search, but Google's search relies on indexing so like was pointed out above... if its not in the index... you're out of luck. I think the Joomla search in general lags behind in terms of robustness compared to the rest of the product, but maybe the next version will have some improvements.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>James Friesen</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>severdia says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7073</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's leaping to an incorrect conclusion to say the term "universal search" means Google SiteSearch. There hasn't been a lack of response to people asking about where the search is]]></description>
			<dc:creator>severdia</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Anne H says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7081</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While I agree the points mentioned can be an issue, I think the answer really depends on your site. For example, I don't have private areas so do not need to worry about restricting data. I find that Google custom search is better for my readers. I can include or excludes the pages and sites I want. As example, I've added a fair number of related sites, including competitors, as I find they have valuable info that people may need. I also like that I can get what people searched for in my analytics. I don't recall if Joomla has this feature, but I find it useful for finding new article ideas. My biggest issue is I think the Google custom search documentation is written more towards a programmer. I'd like to make better use of their "refinement" feature.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Anne H</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7081</guid>
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			<title>Brian Teeman says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7350</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Apologies if I misread the statement about universal search in http://community.joomla.org/contributors/communications/488-blow-by-blow-part-two.html but the absence of any search, currently on the joomla.org sites (apart from the googlesearch on the non-joomla powered parts) and the lack of reply to posters asking where the search was gave this conclusion. (Especialy as googlesearch wouldnt work on the new joomla.org sites until google has the chance to catch up see point 2 above) I now see that even though there is no link the joomla search hasnt been disabled so if you want to you can search www.joomla.org here (http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_search) community.joomla.org here (http://community.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_search) developer.joomla.org [uel=http://developer.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_search]here ]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brian Teeman</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>severdia says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7348</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brian, you state there has been an announcement regarding abandoning the Joomla search and using Google SiteSearch on Joomla.org. Can you please point out the source of this official statement? This is simply not true.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>severdia</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Brian Teeman says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7344</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I dont think anyone is saying it wasnt a good idea to use googlesearch on joomla.org if the default is no good, which according to others it isnt for mediawiki or phpbb3, but to replace the joomla search for joomla content, that just creates a bad inmpression?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brian Teeman</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Steve Burge says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7343</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Welcome Cyrus. Hi Brad - yep, Google search can dig down by subdomains. I actually think you've made the right decision to have both searches on the forum. They both bring such different results that phpBB3 is better for some kinds of searches and Google for the others.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Steve Burge</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Cyrus says:</title>
			<link>http://www.alledia.com/blog/seo/6-reasons-not-to-use-google-sitesearch/#comment-7342</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nice post, I stopped using the google search on my joomla sites a long time back. However I have noticed that the search module that comes with joomla is not the best either, specially if your building sites that in large are using a different component and not so much content - the default search module is useless. Nice to have found this blog.. and hope to visit back often]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Cyrus</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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