Searching DevCentral Just Got Easier

I recently received an internal iRule email and one of our folks created a search provider for FireFox to search DevCentral.  Lori quickly responded and asked if we could get this posted to DevCentral.  Why not if it will help the community so I took a look.  Then it occurred to me that a while back I created a search provider definition based on the OpenSearch specification.  For some reason, on our last site refresh, the links in our website were removed so the browser didn’t natively pick them up.   I fixed that so now you can add DevCentral as...

Introducing PoshBing – The PowerShell library for Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine

Microsoft released their new search engine called “Bing” at, aptly named, http://www.bing.com.  Microsoft is getting positive reviews from the likes of CNET, The Wall Street Journal, and TechCrunch.  Instead of posting my review of the site, I’ll let you browse the above links to find out what the services is all about. What interested me about Bing is that Microsoft has released a full API to allow you to use their services in your applications.  The Bing API is documented at Microsoft’s developer site and I thought to myself how I could test it out.  The obvious answer...

Microsoft Wants To Pay You 25 cents An Hour For Searching With SearchPerks

Today, Microsoft announced SearchPerks, a new program aimed at trying to increase their search engine market share.  And while they aren't actually "buying" your searches, they are rewarding you with some "prizes" from points (or tickets) you accumulate by making searches.  But after an analysis of what they are actually paying you, you may be surprised at how cheap you work for. So, here's how it works: You get 500 tickets just by signing up and downloading the Perk Counter for Windows. You start searching using Live Search at Live.com and MSN.com (or on Windows Live Hotmail...

There's a new Search kid in town

One of the core components of anything on the Internet is Search and DevCentral is no exception.  We've had search implemented in one form or another on DevCentral since it's inception but we've struggled with the accuracy and coverage of results. So with no further ado, I'd like to introduce you to the new integrated search on DevCentral.    One of the added features is that we can easily include external content such as, for instance, the tcl documentation.  Oh, and we now support searching protected content in the wiki and forums - woohoo!  With the protected pages,...