Search function

[sgrape]

I log in as you, and I get the same results as you. Bizarre. I'll investigate further, get tech involved if necessary.

Thanks Ray. I appreciate it.

[RAY@HQ]

I log in as you, and I get the same results as you. Bizarre. I'll investigate further, get tech involved if necessary.

[sgrape]

Scott, if you don't object to this, go ahead and PM me your forum password, I'm happy to log in as you and take a look at it.

Ray, I've sent you my password.
Scott

[RAY@HQ]

Scott, if you don't object to this, go ahead and PM me your forum password, I'm happy to log in as you and take a look at it.

[sgrape]

Question: that thread from June that keeps coming up in your search results... did you post in that thread?

I'm wondering if you saved a filter in your search configuration that is further limiting the results. Do you see anything along those lines if you go into "advanced search"?

Ray,
No, I didn't post to the June thread that keeps coming up. I went out to my advanced search configuration and cleared them but I get the same results.
Scott

[RAY@HQ]

Howie, I'm not suggesting this is a bug, I'm suggesting it's a configuration that sgrape has mistakenly set in his own search parameters.

I know you've been dissatisfied with the search capabilities for some time, but I believe the last time we rebuilt the indexes, your concerns were addressed. Other than this thread, I've seen zero evidence of search "shakiness" since we did that.

[Howie M]

better search engines also call up threads you've recently posted to, but not here.
it matters when the search engine is a bit shaky.

I appreciate the progress, but whomever has been setting the parameters still does not seem to be fully aware of user feedback to specific issues.

If the lingering problem is - and I believe it - that the threads you've posted in don't come up, that makes no sense....

[RAY@HQ]

Question: that thread from June that keeps coming up in your search results... did you post in that thread?

I'm wondering if you saved a filter in your search configuration that is further limiting the results. Do you see anything along those lines if you go into "advanced search"?

[sgrape]

Ray,
Here is something really strange, if I log out of the forums and do a search I get everything that you do but if I log back in I get the same results as before. This leads me to believe that it's something in my setup but I have no idea what. Any ideas?
Scott

[RAY@HQ]

Weird. I get 9 threads alone that had their last post today.

[sgrape]

Ray,
I did another search and got this thread but the next was the 6-10-2011 thread.

[RAY@HQ]

I find that's it's easy to get bizarre results like that in the Advanced Search mode. But if I just type "Price" in the search box up top, I get a number of recent thread hits... including this one.

[sgrape]

Don't know if I'm doing something wrong or have to reset something but I just did a search for Price (as in David Price) and the latest result I came up with was "Rebuilding: Price Or ACab For 2012 (And Beyond)" with the last post from 6-10-2011.

[Tom_T]

Search function seems much improved. The examples noted in this thread seem to be working a lot better. Also, the "similar threads" section at the bottom of threads is returning more results. Let's see how this works in the coming days, but so far... thanks Mike!

I searched for "search function", and this thread popped up, so we're getting recent results.

Does the index have to rebuilt every so often? Or was there a technical issue preventing new posts from being indexed?

[RAY@HQ]

Search function seems much improved. The examples noted in this thread seem to be working a lot better. Also, the "similar threads" section at the bottom of threads is returning more results. Let's see how this works in the coming days, but so far... thanks Mike!