There have been several posts lately surrounding the quality of search results with Drupal's built-in search engine, and how it can be difficult to find targeted results on Drupal.org as a result.

The great news is that our very own Steven has been developing a patch to drastically improve advanced searches by adding a number of features, including filtering results by node type (page, blog, etc.), specifically excluding certain words/phrases, and so on. All it needs now are some people to test it and give feedback.

And the really great news is that YOU can help! Even if you know nothing of foreign terms like "patches" or "CVS," as long as you can install Drupal, YOU can help to test this addition and get it added to Drupal (and thus Drupal.org) faster!

Simply go here to download a copy of Drupal HEAD (the development version of Drupal), with the new search features already added: http://acko.net/dumpx/searchpatched.zip

Test it out, try and break it, see if it works the way you expect. Then, check out the Tips for reviewing patches document and leave feedback about your experience and further ideas!