essexbasscat Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hi all I used the search engine to find a post I looked at last night, but the search engine didn't find it. I've now manually scrolled back through 26 pages and found the thread. Just to try it out, I entered the exact thread title into the search engine, using capitals where they appear in the thread title and any additional marks, commas etc. Guess what ? came back as no result, despite the thread being the very last thing I looked at. Anyone else experienced this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I just chose a phrase from a General Discussion topic. If I just typed it into the search box and clicked the button, I ended up with a few results, but not the one I was looking for. I then tried it in the Advanced Search, gave it a clue (i.e. look in General Discussion) and it found the post. So... the 'plain' Search doesn't work particularly well as it has a limited criteria to search by, but the 'Advanced' one (with an extra 'clue') seemed to work well enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 I'll give that a whirl and see how we go Cheers Icastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 When this kind of thing happens, I tend to use Google. For example, Googling: [i]site:basschat.co.uk "flying monkeys"[/i] ...will return every instance of Flying Monkeys. This method has the added bonus of ignoring all the nonsense in Off Topic, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1392319608' post='2367402'] When this kind of thing happens, I tend to use Google. For example, Googling: [i]site:basschat.co.uk "flying monkeys"[/i] ...will return every instance of Flying Monkeys. This method has the added bonus of ignoring all the nonsense in Off Topic, too. [/quote] Clearly flying monkeys are not nonsense then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1392320675' post='2367425'] Clearly flying monkeys are not nonsense then [/quote] Absolutely not. Try it and see how many results you get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkin Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 The search feature doesn't work properly, for me, on the mobile site (iPhone). When I select a forum to search, then press 'done', the 'search in forum' reverts to blank. Noticed this a while ago, and seeing this thread just prompted me to mention it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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