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Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by therein » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 2:19 AM UTC

This looks nice, no complaints there.

But all of this just for Google to ignore the advanced query parameters and show me something else it thinks I want is unfortunate.

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

#12

Post by fraXis » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 2:39 AM UTC

Great job! Please add/create a colorful favicon to the site so I can save it in my Google "bookmarks bar" without the name. Right now, it looks like this with a dark theme:

https://imgur.com/a/SNmzISI

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

#13

Post by spacebacon » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 2:52 AM UTC

koolba wrote: post #8

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Blame viewport meta… I’m sure it’s an easy fix but author probably prefers components in place.

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

#14

Post by spacebacon » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 2:53 AM UTC

passwordoops wrote: post #2

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Operation redefine Q within a reasonable objective reality for the sake of mental health.

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 3:55 AM UTC

passwordoops wrote: post #2

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Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

#16

Post by erhaetherth » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 5:35 AM UTC

The Country select box should allow you to type characters when it's focused. The native will do this out of the box.

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

#17

Post by adriaanb » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 5:49 AM UTC

adaboese wrote: post #9

Related to this, does anyone a good way to search only for articles? I have a use case that requires that I only surface search results that are articles (news, blog posts, etc) rather than anything else. The best I've gotten to so far is doing queries such as inurl:blog

I have added the source operator for you, so you can search in specific news source. Like: https://qdorks.com/q/RW69pYt754wX

Just add sources and change the keywords to your liking.

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by adriaanb » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 6:12 AM UTC

erhaetherth wrote: post #16

The Country select box should allow you to type characters when it's focused. The native will do this out of the box.

Good catch! I had a look, and it didn't work because of the flags, moving them after the country names fixed it. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

#19

Post by adriaanb » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 6:20 AM UTC

kylecazar wrote: post #4

Neat! I am still not sure exactly how Google's 'Country' filter works.

Google uses different ways to decide if a webpage belongs to a specific country. Like domain name, search console country setting, server location, language, etc. Not sure if it's always 100% accurate...

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

#20

Post by adriaanb » Fri, Dec 01, 2023, 6:23 AM UTC

therein wrote: post #11

This looks nice, no complaints there. But all of this just for Google to ignore the advanced query parameters and show me something else it thinks I want is unfortunate.

It is not always 100% accurate, but still pretty good after a number of different tries.