57 upvotes, 5 direct replies (showing 5)
View submission: What's up with Reddit Search?
Will it be better than using google and just adding site:reddit.com on the end though?
Also, hello new admin 👋
Comment by Kaitaan at 31/03/2021 at 17:26 UTC
41 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We're working on it! Our team is small, but mighty! Ultimately, Google doesn't have the depth of knowledge or insight about *Reddit* that we have, and that will be our secret weapon. We have a ton of work to do, but we're dedicated to the cause!
As u/anon-axolotl mentioned above, we've spent a *lot* of time working on strengthening our backend. It's not glamorous work, and it's not something that's going to be readily apparent to users, but it sets us up to be able to do the things that *will* be apparent to them. Without that strong core, everything would take *way* longer to develop, and we'd end up spending half our time fighting fires. Now, with the work we've done, we can move faster and *not* break things.
Comment by anon-axolotl at 31/03/2021 at 17:24 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by Uristqwerty at 01/04/2021 at 01:21 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Depends whether the thing you're searching for has tens, or tens of thousands of results. It feels like google only ever sees a small fraction of reddit threads, so unless there are so many good answers to choose from that google happens to have stumbled upon a few, the built-in search is better for being able to exhaustively scan all OPs. Also, invite-only and quarantined subreddits won't appear in google results, naturally.
If reddit improves their built-in search enough, it has enough inherent advantage to overtake anything google can do.
Comment by [deleted] at 31/03/2021 at 23:46 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
this is what I do, but you can also do sub specific searches by using the full path.
i.e.
"what I'm looking for" site:reddit.com/r/changelog
Comment by reeepy at 31/03/2021 at 21:04 UTC
-4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
No site search will ever be as good as Google. Google puts so much research, money and effort into making their search. You can buy it for your site search though...
