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Search in the FAQ / SearchYC link on frontpage?

Is there any particular reason why there isn't either a link to http://searchyc.com (ideally, saying "Search") on the front page or an answer in the FAQ about searching with SearchYC or site:news.ycombinator.com in Google? It's certainly a Frequently Asked Question. Expecting new users to search for how to search when the site history isn't obviously search-able is a catch-22.

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I'm sorry if this is beating a dead horse, or if I'm completely missing a good reason, but it seems like it would be easier to just add a search link than keep commenting "use this: searchyc.com" every time people ask.

here's my link dump y'all. I believe IANAS: i am not a spammer

google custom search http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=018342486690831005521:1iq2...

http://searchyc.com/

firefox plugin http://jetfar.com/search-yc-firefox-plugin/

xirium http://www.ycombinator.search.xirium.com/

feeds by user etc http://ycfeeds.com/

(haven't tried this) http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30512

FAQ http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive

s'more tools http://blog.hystry.com/

Posting these links where people new to the site will see them is the whole point. Your comment will be buried in a few days. :(

I've actually added searchyc.com to my firefox search box, but even so, HN would be so much more usable if there was a search box in the orange navbar

I think pg is well-aware of the request by now as it has surfaces several times. Hopefully it's on the dev schedule.

Many people have asked for search before, but it would probably take less than five minutes to just add one paragraph and a link to the FAQ and/or a one-word link to an existing site at the bottom of the screen. The payoff to effort ratio would be really high.

I fully understand that building a full search interface internally is no small task, but this is just adding a link, and one that is already the semi-official search suggestion.

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