For those who are curious about positional indices and, more generally, the technical challenges of #indexing, check out those nice slides: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1718/InfoRtrv/handouts/lecture2-indexing.pdf. \5

Some surprising (annoying) findings when using partitioned tables in Postgres

https://hdombrovskaya.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/indexing-partitioned-table-disaster/

If the Google "site:" operator shows you a URL is indexed and Google Search Console does not say it is indexed, the URL is indexed. And if you're concerned the URL may not appear in queries - just search for it.

Search engines are constantly dumping perfectly good content from their indexes. They come back, recrawl it, and re-index it.

And Search Console's data often runs behind reality.

The proof is in the query.

Google updated their crawling+indexing guidelines

#seo #searchengineoptimization #google #webmarketing #digitalmarketing #crawling #indexing

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/large-site-managing-crawl-budget

Linux Fu: Where’s That Darn File? - Disk storage has exploded in the last 40 years. These days, even a terabyte drive ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/17/linux-fu-wheres-that-darn-file/ #hackadaycolumns #linuxhacks #filesearch #indexing #linux

Here's an excellent tip if you search for files on your computer a lot:

"Everything" from Voidtools. I discovered it a few years ago, and I use it all the time, every day. Indexing is superfast (as in a few seconds), and completely non-intrusive. And it locates your files instantly.

You can search for file content as well. Content is not indexed, but it's still pretty instant if I have a few thousand .syx files and need to locate the marimbas.

https://www.voidtools.com/

Mastodon 4.2 release will be a major milestone for all of fedi. When the biggest server flavor enables toot search and settles on a privacy declaration to make it opt-in, that settles the argument on whether global search is okay here or not: it will be.

In the past year, a lot of projects to do this exact thing have been killed and people banished for it, but that's the price for spearheading change.

However, no Mastodon server sees enough of fedi to actually provide global search - not even mastodon.social, and certainly not whichever site you are registered on. They can only index the part they see, after all.

So, the next step on this path is a global search service provider subscribing to ALL servers (modulo moderation). Running one will be a very expensive operation, though - funded either by ads, or by (server admin?) subscription.

Would you pay to have access to global fedi search?

Looking for editorial professionals on Mastodon?

For editors, see #AmEditing #copyediting #edibuddies #editing #EditorsOfMastodon #StetWalk and @edibuddies @stetwalk.

For proofreaders, see #AmProofreading #proofreading.

For book indexers, see #AmIndexing #indexing #indexodon and @indexodon.

Editors, indexers, proofreaders (ACES/CIEP/EFA/SI), please say hi below. I’ll keep this toot pinned to help find each other.

How can we boost the odds of deterring or identifying research #misconduct?
https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2023.1605601/full

Among the suggestions here: #authors should openly share #data, #code, & #preprints. #Journals should require it. Indexing services should reward the journals that do.

To me, what's new & interesting here is going beyond authors & journals to #indexing & #abstracting #services to create incentives for journals to improve their policies.

For my @edibuddies For my @edibuddies and #indexing colleagues: What websites are your core work tools? I always have open MW, Word Hippo, VIAF, CMOS, Pandora/YouTube/tunes in my working browser.

There are another 20 tabs open, but those are the ones I consider my work tools.

You?

I'm in the "no #indexing without consent" camp. That said, are there any add-ons, or feature proposals for Mastodon around full text indexing and #searching of ones own posts?

This seems like it would be easy for clients to do without involving servers at all.

No privacy issues if the index never leaves the device, only your posts.

Build keyword index associated with masto url link. Wouldn't even have to store the contents, as you could index-on-post.

Is this a thing in any of the clients?

I'm an #academic book #indexer in the #humanities specializing in #art, #musicology, #museology, #textiles, #fashion, #popculture, #film, #criticalstudies, #feminism, #socialjustice, #contemporaryart and #nonprofits.

I post about #indexing and #embeddedindexes while trying to help #academics and #scholars get their book #indexed or index it themselves. Other interests include #curling, #cats, #dogs, #baking, #wordplay and #knitting. Member of the #indexodon in #Canada, #PNW, #BC, #Vancouver.

A new #introduction.
I’m a UK freelance book #indexer and editor – Society of #Indexers Fellow, #CIEP Advanced Professional Member, and Society of Authors Associate.
I work on arts/humanities books for authors and publishers – #biography #FilmStudies #history #LitStudies #music etc.
Beyond work, I like #comedy #CrypticCrosswords #dance #ducks #horror #pubs #Wales and learning #Welsh #DysguCymraeg.
See me also at #AmEditing #edibuddies #indexing #indexodon and https://baindex.org
Hello/helô!

Does your book need an #index?
Is the author the best person to do it?
Well, sometimes, but often not, for reasons of experience, skills, software, training and time.
So here’s an article I wrote for the Society of Authors: ‘Why you need and how to work with a book #indexer: a guide for #authors.’
Hope it helps!
#indexes #indexing #indexodon

https://baindex.org/2021/01/29/why-you-need-and-how-to-work-with-a-book-indexer-a-guide-for-authors/