Using that search function
Every now and then I get a commenter asking why I don’t write about a certain topic. But it’s often something I have written about.
For example, today a commenter mentioned – perhaps tongue in cheek, so I’m not intending to pick on him – “I’m praying that the day will come when the New Neo discovers J. S. Bach.” Of course, not only have I discovered Bach, I also have played Bach on the piano, although I’m certainly no pianist. And I’ve written about Bach many times.
Then again, there are – as of the moment I’m writing this – 19.483 published posts on this blog. That means that even I have trouble remembering what I’ve already written about. Sometimes I come across an old post and I have literally no recollection of having written it or even reading it before. But I can assure you I’ve written everything that appears here, although I’ve been doing it for over – gasp! – nineteen years.
But it occurs to me that maybe not everyone has noticed that there’s a search function on the blog. So I’ve decided to write this post to call your attention to it. On a desktop or laptop it can be found directly under my photo with the apple, towards the top portion of the right sidebar. On a cellphone it’s also under my photo, but the photo is way down at the bottom, under the posts. The way the search works is that the first set of posts will be ones with the search word in the title, and then there will be the posts where the search word is only found in the body of the post.
As for Bach and my writing about his work, there’s this, this, this, this, this, this, and this. There are probably others, but I got tired of scrolling. Enjoy!
ADDENDUM:
By the way, I just made an adjustment I’d been meaning to make for a while. Now people will have 10 minutes to edit comments rather than only 5 minutes.
Every blog has a search
Google with site:domain
j s Bach site:thenewneo.com
I just thought the commenter was being snarky about the video which BTW picked up over 1k views since I first saw it this AM.
Several times I have tried Advanced Google Search on your site. It didn’t work- until today.
(I don’t like “do no evil” Google, but have to acknowledge that their Advanced Google Search is the best detailed web search there is.)
Yeah, that search function… I’ve had my ups and downs with it. One thing I wish I could do with it is find where certain commenters have written something, or comments that I vaguely remember had something about such-and-such. (Or to screen my own comments to see whether I’m about to repeat myself, which I hate to do.) That, I think, is where the on-board search has fallen flat; at least it has for me.
Philip Sells:
Only I have access to the ability to search comments. It would be nice if readers could do it. I’ll take a look and see whether there’s a plugin for that, although I doubt there is.
By the way, I just made an adjustment I’d been meaning to make for a while. Now people will have 10 minutes to edit comments rather than only 5 minutes.
About that “edit” adjustment: there are a few sites that seem to be favored by people here that could use some help with edit functions, like how to have one.
🙂
Thanks, Neo!
He was the magnificent PDQ’s father, right?
Yes, that was my way of teasing you about your BeeGees fixation. By the way, I really enjoy your many posts on dance as I don’t run into that elsewhere.
“not only have I discovered Bach, I also have played Bach”
Bravo! What a spirited and delightful comeback!
She goes way Bach with this stuff.
By the way, I just made an adjustment I’d been meaning to make for a while. Now people will have 10 minutes to edit comments rather than only 5 minutes.
neo:
Yes, I noticed that and wondered if it were your doing.
It’s welcome. I’m a perfectionist and so often I see “just one more thing” to improve after I’ve clicked the Post button.