A couple of thoughts.
It's always been possible to do this (either using Google's advanced search or just by typing Site:web_address after the search term). It's something I use fairly often, particularly where a site's own search engine is not returning useful results. Although the new set up will make it easier for less technical users to access the feature.
The Google search will still only bring back pages that you have allowed the search engine robots to access. So if you blocked search engine access to your deep content users would still need to use your own sites search engine to find it. However this approach might just mean that users never get as far as your site, having used the Google search-within-site and not found what they are looking for they may well assume its not there.
Trevor Reynolds
Collections Registrar
English Heritage, 36 Hospital Fields Road, York, YO10 4DZ
Telephone +44 (0)1904 610322
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Subject: Effects of Google's 'search within site'? Anyone else affected?
Folks
I'm curious to hear if anyone else has been affected by Google's 'search-within-site' feature they have recently rolled out . . . .
I've blogged in detail about what it is over at Fresh & New . . . .
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2008/03/27/google-teleportation-googles-search-within-search/
If you are affected, what, if anything are you doing about it?
if you are not (yet), what might you do.
Curious.
Seb
Sebastian Chan
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