Cannot search!

retina · 2006-11-30, 22:51

Is this related to the DDOS attacks?

The forum is now no fun to visit. Without having searches the whole forum becomes very cumbersome to use. :(

ixfd64 · 2006-11-30, 23:39

Yeah, searching has been disabled. :\

http://mersenneforum.org/search.php

Also, the GIMPS sites' robot.txt now blocks all robots, including search engines. I think that we should at least allow sites like Google. Otherwise, we won't be getting much publicity. :(

Xyzzy · 2006-12-01, 03:43

We are frantically working on it. We agree that having the search online is real important.

Later on we'll probably let Google spiders back in. Right now we are just trying to keep the server up.

2006-11-30, 22:51	#1
retina Undefined "The unspeakable one" Jun 2006 My evil lair 1100000110100₂ Posts	Cannot search! Is this related to the DDOS attacks? The forum is now no fun to visit. Without having searches the whole forum becomes very cumbersome to use. :(

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2006-11-30, 23:39	#2
ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 2³·13·23 Posts	Yeah, searching has been disabled. :\ http://mersenneforum.org/search.php Also, the GIMPS sites' robot.txt now blocks all robots, including search engines. I think that we should at least allow sites like Google. Otherwise, we won't be getting much publicity. :(

2006-12-01, 03:43	#3
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2⁵×257 Posts	We are frantically working on it. We agree that having the search online is real important. Later on we'll probably let Google spiders back in. Right now we are just trying to keep the server up.