Comments on: SearchDotNet.com â€“ Google custom search for .NET developers

By: Sudhir Mangla

Sudhir Mangla — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:27:11 +0000

Hi I would like to mention another search engine for dot net developers which cover all good sites for dot net and related technologies as of August, 2008.

http://tips.developersvoice.com/devsearch

This developers search engine is inspired by searchdotnet.com and I try my best achieve even batter results. Both these developers search engines would greatly help the developerâ€™s community.

DO test it yourself and let me know your comments.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:27:44 +0000

Allan:

It’s something I considered. Part of the problem is, believe it or not, there is no easy way to currently export sites from a Google Custom Search Engine. So I’d have to maintain two lists. For now, you can check by doing a search that starts with “site: …” – that restricts searches to a single site.

Most of the time I add sites when, after having failed to find what I’m looking for on searchdotnet, I end up finding a solution elsewhere. That’s a good sign that the “elsewhere” site should be included.

Dan

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 15 May 2007 05:56:24 +0000

Great job,

Can I request that the sites that ARE included in the searchable sites be included in a seperate page so that people wanting to make recommendations can do so safe in the knowledge that the site is not already listed.

By: Paulo Cunha

Paulo Cunha — Tue, 08 May 2007 11:54:57 +0000

This is very good.

I’ve a suggestion, though: what about a custom button for Google Toolbar?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:44:29 +0000

Great idea – Google homepage and desktop widgets are now available.

By: Ade

Ade — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:51:24 +0000

Excellent!
A little google homepage widget would be a nice addition.

By: Arjan Zuidhof

Arjan Zuidhof — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:46:19 +0000

Nice initiative, I will definitely give it a try. Although I know my way around on google.com it tends to be quite time consuming because just scanning the results takes time in itself.
Tried your engine on Firefox (2.0), where I didn’t get any results back, it’s like there’s a glitch preventing the results from being displayed… it works on IE6. Strange

By: Bryan Thompson

Bryan Thompson — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:29:58 +0000

Excellent!! Very useful.

In addition to Werz’s suggestion, a configurable number of results per page, maybe?

By: Gavin Joyce

Gavin Joyce — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:30:16 +0000

Dan,

It seems that a number of use created the same thing:

http://weblogs.asp.net/gavinjoyce/archive/2006/10/24/.NET-Search-Engine-_2800_Google-Co_2D00_op_2900_.aspx

Maybe we should join forces somehow?

Gavin

By: SearchDotNet.com

SearchDotNet.com — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:18:05 +0000

[...] Dan Appleman takes the .NET focused custom search engine ideaÂ one step further by grabbing a great domain nameÂ for his search engine.Â Now why didnâ€™t I think of that!Â Sometimes thatâ€™s all it takes between a search engine that will get used alot (his) and one that won’t (mine).Â I’d be happy to throw my support over to his, though Iâ€™mÂ keeping my baby.Â The one key difference is I plan to leave my search engine open for others to contribute sites.Â Perhaps the two will complement each other. [...]