Better Search Engine

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19 Nov. 2010, 10:40am
Kanako

Better Search Engine

It's hard to find a lot of things using this one, as it rules out all common words. Like when i first came here yesterday, I was looking for what "thanks" and "rep" were, but I couldn't use the search engine because apparently "thanks" is too common of a word and "rep" is too short for the engine. Maybe just take out the common word thing and make it 2 instead of 3 characters?
19 Nov. 2010, 01:49pm
Keegan

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Originally Posted by Kanako

It's hard to find a lot of things using this one, as it rules out all common words. Like when i first came here yesterday, I was looking for what "thanks" and "rep" were, but I couldn't use the search engine because apparently "thanks" is too common of a word and "rep" is too short for the engine. Maybe just take out the common word thing and make it 2 instead of 3 characters?

I agree with this
Alot of things that i try to find cannot be found properly
I have to actually go through the searches made....
19 Nov. 2010, 06:57pm
Hater

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Originally Posted by Keegan

I agree with this
Alot of things that i try to find cannot be found properly
I have to actually go through the searches made....

Same .
19 Nov. 2010, 08:27pm
Jay

But what (I'm not saying this will happen) but what is someone searched one of the 26 letters of the alphabet; or 10 1 digit numbers?
19 Nov. 2010, 10:06pm
Souleater

Rep is obvious as is the Thanks button. And at any rate you could have easily posted in the JY and asked again. The JY is for that kind of stuff. There aren't many 2 - 3 letter words that are on the site that some one is gonna search for specifically, and thanks is a common word on the site, so its always going to show up. I think what you are asking for is less strict filters, but even then, people will be complaining about how it isn't precise enough. I would rather it be kept the way that it is right now since it is specific, at least when used the right way and precisely. So make a post in the Jy to find the answer to a commonly asked question, or recode the search feature because it isn't perfect? I think you know which option I choose.
21 Nov. 2010, 05:34am
Keegan

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Originally Posted by ~Souleater~

Rep is obvious as is the Thanks button. And at any rate you could have easily posted in the JY and asked again. The JY is for that kind of stuff. There aren't many 2 - 3 letter words that are on the site that some one is gonna search for specifically, and thanks is a common word on the site, so its always going to show up. I think what you are asking for is less strict filters, but even then, people will be complaining about how it isn't precise enough. I would rather it be kept the way that it is right now since it is specific, at least when used the right way and precisely. So make a post in the Jy to find the answer to a commonly asked question, or recode the search feature because it isn't perfect? I think you know which option I choose.

Well forget the rep thing..
Ive tried searching for specific bots etc but dont get them....

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Souleater~

Rep is obvious as is the Thanks button. And at any rate you could have easily posted in the JY and asked again. The JY is for that kind of stuff. There aren't many 2 - 3 letter words that are on the site that some one is gonna search for specifically, and thanks is a common word on the site, so its always going to show up. I think what you are asking for is less strict filters, but even then, people will be complaining about how it isn't precise enough. I would rather it be kept the way that it is right now since it is specific, at least when used the right way and precisely. So make a post in the Jy to find the answer to a commonly asked question, or recode the search feature because it isn't perfect? I think you know which option I choose.

Well forget the rep thing..
Ive tried searching for specific bots etc but dont get them....
21 Nov. 2010, 04:42pm
Souleater

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keegan

Well forget the rep thing..
Ive tried searching for specific bots etc but dont get them....

---------- Post added at 05:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:34 AM ----------

Well forget the rep thing..
Ive tried searching for specific bots etc but dont get them....

The reason for that being is because you have to sift through all of the posts with the word bot or any variable of that word in the entire thread. As I have said before, you have to be painfully specific when you search, not vague, or even slightly vague.