Ask YC: Search feature for YC

6 points·socratees··8 comments

wouldn't it be cool to have a search feature on YC where we can search for links based on keywords? It would ofcourse add load to the system, but the feature would be useful in case we need to find links :) Just a thought.

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cough searchyc.com cough

...better get that cough looked at.. ;-D

SearchYC is really nice, but it doesn't index stuff in real time. So when theres a new story, you can't use it to check if it has been submitted already - so you get dupes if one of the links has 'www' and the other doesn't (or other small differences in the urls).

I've been trying various things to address this problem, but I haven't found a solution that I like, yet. The current system will typically index new articles within 30 minutes to an hour of posting, but could take up to two hours in the worst case.

Do you often use SearchYC for checking dupes?

I do if its an older article/submission - if its actual news I find it easier to just look for it manually.

yeah, searchyc is good. I never knew it before. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=93938 This thread has the list of YC searches out there lol.

There has been many requests for this feature; they've heard the knock.. but aren't answering (probably a good reason).

- until then perhaps SearchYC.com should be put on the FAQ page for this site,

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:news.ycombinat...

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