Search Engine Aggro

[essexbasscat]

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 ?

[icastle]

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.

[essexbasscat]

I'll give that a whirl and see how we go

Cheers Icastle

[wateroftyne]

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.

[JapanAxe]

[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

[icastle]

[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.

[barkin]

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...