Google can't search jrs

[scorres]

chompy showed us a way to search this site with google,
but for the last week, it can't get into the jr idols section.
I really think this is a good thing. But if there's a new trick,
I can keep a secret!
ssss

 

[Rollyco]

The U-15 Torrents section was recently closed to anonymous users, so that means there are no Jr. sections left to be indexed by Google, and no posts will be visible to anon on the front pages. You have to be registered to have access.

 

[rnishimura]

In the last year google has this bad habit of also blocking out anything related to Japanese DVDs unless you do an advanced search and select "Japanese". It's very annoying. Is there any good search engine that's actually IN Japan? What is the most popular search engine in Japan?

 

[elgringo14]

There is always the japanese version of google:

http://www.google.co.jp/

or Yahoo Japan (never tried it):

http://search.yahoo.co.jp/

 

[isityours]

The U-15 Torrents section was recently closed to anonymous users, so that means there are no Jr. sections left to be indexed by Google, and no posts will be visible to anon on the front pages. You have to be registered to have access.

wonderful! a great step in the right direction.

so this means that we cant use google to search the site, even if we are logged in? in the past i have used site:akiba-online.com (search term) to find things i cant find with the on-site search engine.
(sorry, just tried it with google.com and it worked for me).
does that mean that pages created since it was 'taken off googles radar' will not be accessable? or can google be used as a searching tool, even if the content it is searching for is not already indexed?

i get the feeling that yahoo is very popular in japan but google.co.jp should work just as well.....or use both
i use the japanese google first when looking for JI as i search in japanese first. you are better to match languages with their search engines.

 

[guy]

What is the most popular search engine in Japan?

Yahoo! is more popular than Google.

http://whatjapanthinks.com/2010/02/19/yahoo-search-pulling-away-from-google-bing-nowhere/

 

[isityours]

softbank (vodafone) also has a tie-up with yahoo. on my phone the internet button has the yahoo Y! on it. pressing it connects me to.......you guessed it. this may be another small reason japanese find it familiar. businesses and schools also often have it set as the default home page. my internet provider also checked with me, in a rudimentary fashion, if yahoo was ok as the default homepage for IE when they installed my line.

 

[scorres]

sure enough

There's a hole in the bucket! U-15 torrents are searchable.
but not any downloadable candies.. Like I said, this is not a bad thing,
I've been spoiled with the 'site:akiba-online.com' search for so long,
that looking at the 'no results, try another search, in 30 seconds' will be
two steps back. No worries, Personally, I use yahoo mail and my yahoo page,
daily, and Google search for everything, with an occasional visit to my gmail
account. Maybe they should merge, to make it easier on me, specifically.
( holding breath) 8)
ssssssss

 

[rubiks6]

There's a hole in the bucket! U-15 torrents are searchable.

That would make sense.

In the physical (sic) layout of the Akiba sub-forums, 'U-15 Torrents' is not actually under 'Jr Idol Club', but is cross-linked, as are all the torrent sub-forums. I imagine it would be a major undertaking to dissect 'Torrent Station' and re-attach each of it's sub-forums to their conceptually correct forums.
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Rollyco - Don't know when the move was made to block anons from JIC, but I whole-heartedly support it. Thank you.