[R] Google Custom Search Engine for R

[Sérgio Nunes]

I just seen the link you suggested - RSeek - and it uses exactly the
same service from Google. The only difference is that it is not open
to new contributions. Maybe Sasha could open it to volunteers.

Also it seems to be much more complete than my initial attempt (as expected :).
I think that RSeek "deserves" a link in R's homepage.

Sérgio Nunes

On 2/23/07, Sérgio Nunes <snunes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just created this search engine for testing today.
> I think that if you volunteer as a contributor (see link on the left
> side) you can then see and add to the list of sites.
>
> I've also noticed that I can add sites by importing a XML file.
> Is there any list of sites that could be easily converted to XML?
>
> Sérgio Nunes
>
> On 2/23/07, Matthew Keller <mckellercran at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Sergio,
> >
> > There was a discussion on this board recently about the difficulty of
> > searching for "R" related material on the web. I think the custom
> > google search engine is a good idea. It would be helpful if we could
> > have access to the full list of websites it is indexing so that we
> > could make suggestions about other sites that are missing. As it is,
> > it only tells us that there are 35 websites, and shows us the first
> > several.
> >
> > Also, you might check out Sasha Goodman's Rseek: http://www.rseek.org/
> >
> > Have you tried to compare the success of yours with Rseek?
> >
> > All the Best,
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On 2/23/07, Sérgio Nunes <snunes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Since "R" is a (very) generic name, I've been having some trouble
> > > searching the web for this topic. Due to this, I've just created a
> > > Google Custom Search Engine that includes several of the most relevant
> > > sites that have information on R.
> > >
> > > See it in action at:
> > >
> > > http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=018133866098353049407%3Aozv9awtetwy
> > >
> > > This is really a preliminary test. Feel free to add yourself to the
> > > project and contribute with suggestions.
> > >
> > > Sérgio Nunes
> > >
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