Hey, what's gnoos?
gnoos is a search engine that focuses on providing Australians with the latest information being talked about online locally and globally on topics of interest in the last day to week.
To find out what people are talking about, just enter some text into the search box and click the "Search" button. If you feel like browsing, you can also check out the latest updates on Aussie Blogs, Aussie Media and Global Blogs.
Topics
- Searching in gnoos
- Searching by region in gnoos
- Filtering search results in gnoos
- Search results in gnoos
- Having your say
Searching in gnoos
There are three types of keyword search you can do in gnoos:
| Keywords | Search results |
|---|---|
| meat pie with sauce | Searches for content containing each individual word |
| "meat pie with sauce" | "phrase" Searches for content containing the exact phrase |
| -meat pie with sauce | -word Searches for content containing all these words except "meat" |
Tip: If you're looking for a particular blog, try searching for the blog's name as a phrase. The search results will include the latest post we have indexed from blogs which match the query.
Searching by region in gnoos
Before you perform a search, you can limit the scope of your search to one of the three following regions. The default region is "All".
| Region | Search results |
|---|---|
| All | Searches content from both Australia and the rest of the world |
| World | Searches content from the world excluding Australia |
| Australia | Searches content from Australia only |
Filtering search results in gnoos
Once your search results appear, you have the option to filter them. There are three search result filters you can choose from:
| Filters | Search results |
|---|---|
| Aussie Blogs | Filters results to show Australian blog content only |
| Aussie Media | Filters results to show Australian media content only |
| Global Blogs | Filters results to show world blog and media content only (excluding Australia) |
You can filter your results by clicking one of the filters located at either the top or the bottom of the search results page.
Search results in gnoos
gnoos presents search results as a list down the page, starting with the most recent results at the top. As well as listing the results, there are a few more interesting features you can use.
Post title
This is the title given to the post by its publisher. Sometimes, a publisher doesn't use a title; gnoos labels these posts "untitled".
If you click on the post title, the link will take you to the post at the publisher's blog.
Time posted
How recently post was published. Posts are displayed newest first by gnoos.
Source name
The name of the blog which published the post. Clicking on the source name will display the posts gnoos has indexed from that source.
Tags
Clicking on a tag will display all posts that have been given that tag in gnoos.
Show more
You can view more of the post content within gnoos by clicking the MORE » link. To minimise the expanded post, click « HIDE.
Having your say
Having your say is important. In gnoos there are two ways that you can have your say.
Comments
You can add a comment to a post. If you prefer not to say anything, you might like to read what other people have said instead.
Adding your own comment
Clicking on the ![[comment]](images/comment_add_grey.gif){kind=small}
icon will take you to the gnoos comments page. In the write a comment
field you can have your say. Clicking the 
button will publish your comment in gnoos.
Click your browser's Back button to go back to your search results. If you posted a comment, you may need to reload or refresh the page in your web browser to see the comment count increased.
Reading comments
If people have commented on a post, the comments link indicates how many comments have been made on that post. You can read these comments by clicking on that link. Comments are displayed in the order they were submitted. Click your browser's Back button to go back to your search results.
Votes
You can vote on a post by giving it either a thumbs up if you like it, or a thumbs down if you don't.
Thumbs up
If you like the post, clicking on the 
icon will register a single vote. The icon will change to red
to indicate that your vote has been registered.
Thumbs down
If you dislike the post, clicking on the 
icon will register a single vote. The icon will change to red
to indicate that your vote has been registered.
Changing your vote
You can change your vote by clicking either vote button. Once you have registered a vote on a post, you can't delete it.
Tags
What's a tag?
A tag is a label selected by you. Tagging is the way for you to categorise a post within gnoos.
Why should I tag a post?
Tags help you get more out of gnoos, because posts are categorised using a familiar, accessible, and shared vocabulary determined by people and not computers.
How do I tag?
To tag a post, choose a name for the tag that is meaningful to you. The name might be one word or several words, and it may include numbers.
Enter the name into the tag this field:
If the tag has several words, you can enter it as a single word.
Or, if you prefer, you can separate the words with _ (underscore),
- (hyphen), or . (full stop). Blank spaces
are not permitted in tags. Enter one or more tags separated by spaces
to apply several tags at once. Letters in tags are automatically
converted to lower case. Click
and your tags will appear. Once a tag is added, you cannot modify
or delete it.