Google Groups Advanced Search doesn't work?

[John Doe]

http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?

I hope that's not an omen.

 

[Paul]

http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?

I hope that's not an omen.

It's pretty obvious they're no longer interested in running it.

Paul

 

[John Doe]

John Doe wrote:

It's pretty obvious they're no longer interested in running it.

We conquered a behemoth. Now all we have to do is find another host
for the public UseNet archive. Or maybe buy really big hard drives
and keep our own archives.

What is the best method/tool for archiving UseNet posts?
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[John Doe]

http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?
©2009 Google

http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/advanced_search?
©2011 Google

Appears to be dysfunctional at the moment, but maybe they are
reworking some stuff. The page design is slightly different.
I would question whether it is newer or just something I had not
noticed before, but obviously the copyright date suggests it is
newer.

 

[John Doe]

https://groups.google.com/a/acu.edu/advanced_search?
(looks the same, maybe dysfunctional)

 

[Paul]

https://groups.google.com/a/acu.edu/advanced_search?
(looks the same, maybe dysfunctional)

https://groups.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&q=&hl=en&

and it's still not working here.

Paul

 

[Jon Danniken]

https://groups.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&q=&hl=en&

and it's still not working here.

It's not even working when you append "&subject=usenet" (or any other value)
onto the URL.

Maybe they finally realized how terrible it was to destroy the original
dejanews functionality of usenet searching and are working hard in an effort
to restore the archive search to its proper status (I'm not holding my
breath).

Unfortunately, they do have a competing interest generating advertising
revenue from web-portal usenet sites that serve their own archived content,
and which increasingly pop up on google searches.

Jon

 

[John Doe]

It's not even working when you append "&subject=usenet" (or any other value)
onto the URL.

Maybe they finally realized how terrible it was to destroy the original
dejanews functionality of usenet searching and are working hard in an effort
to restore the archive search to its proper status (I'm not holding my
breath).

Unfortunately, they do have a competing interest generating advertising
revenue from web-portal usenet sites that serve their own archived content,
and which increasingly pop up on google searches.

They are using our minds.
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[Bug Dout]

This is my big gripe about Google. They produce some product that
doesn't make money, it's just "cool". After some time the product
creator gets bored or is told by his boss to quit wasting time on
it. It's not formally discontinued, just abandoned, and gradually loses
functionality. Google rarely deals directly with their "customers" so
there's no place to complain about it....and even if there were a place
to complain, they wouldn't act because they never charged money for it.

 

[Bug Dout]

This is my big gripe about Google. They produce some product that
doesn't make money, it's just "cool". After some time the product
creator gets bored or is told by his boss to quit wasting time on
it. It's not formally discontinued, just abandoned, and gradually loses
functionality. Google rarely deals directly with their "customers" so
there's no place to complain about it....and even if there were a place
to complain, they wouldn't act because they never charged money for it.

 

[John Doe]

John Doe wrote:

https://groups.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&q=&hl=en&

and it's still not working here.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt....thor:[email protected]&qt_g=Search+this+group

There you go, Paul, that should at least get you through the night