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Webbsnack [PersonRank 0]

Thursday, September 13, 2007
16 years ago6,945 views

I've found a bug in Google Groups!

The bug: Users that change their preferences to only include certain languages always get an empty search result in Google Groups.

Try it yourself:

1) Go to http://www.google.com/preferences

2) Change the preference "Search only for pages written in these language(s):" and choose two (or more) languages. Example english and german.

3) Go to http://groups.google.com and search for anything. Example http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=foo

4) You should see:

Your search – foo – did not match any documents.
Suggestions:
   – Repeat your search without the language restriction. You can permanently change your language preferences by visiting the preferences page.
   – Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
   – Try different keywords.
   – Try more general keywords.
   – Try fewer keywords.
   – Try your search on Google Web Search.

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