Can we have a Meta* search page?

September 23, 2004 10:19 AM

Is it technically feasible to have a single search page that can search, if so desired, all meta* content at once? Or must I be doomed to a weary life? Searching three things is hard and I need a nap afterwards. Help!
posted by Hildago to Feature Requests at 10:19 AM (6 comments total)

Yes. Here's how.
posted by majick at 10:29 AM on September 23, 2004

That's much easier than

ipod site:metafilter.com OR site:ask.metafilter.com OR site:metatalk.metafilter.com

But they offer differing results. ??
posted by Feisty at 1:45 PM on September 23, 2004

inurl isn't quite what you want, it'll match www.example.com/this.isnt/www.metafilter.com/goatse.html.

Luckily, site:metafilter.com matches all subdomains of metafilter.com as well as metafilter.com itsself, so this will do the trick.
posted by fvw at 2:52 PM on September 23, 2004

Why not just little checkmarks to select which of the sites you wish to include in the search?
posted by rushmc at 9:24 PM on September 23, 2004

because that would be too easy?
posted by kamylyon at 11:49 PM on September 23, 2004

No, because it's really not all that easy to write a good search system. If it was, the people at google wouldn't be gazillionaires. Guys with day jobs would do in their spare time, and get whining users off their backs.
posted by Irontom at 5:02 AM on September 24, 2004