jackso11 Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 when searching I find it doesn't brings back relevant threads anymore. It always used to, so what has happened? A much more effective way I find is search for something and if it doesn't work, take the same words and click 'new thread' type the words in to the title and the suggested similar threads are always far better than search results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 when searching I find it doesn't brings back relevant threads anymore. It always used to, so what has happened? A much more effective way I find is search for something and if it doesn't work, take the same words and click 'new thread' type the words in to the title and the suggested similar threads are always far better than search results! thats the search method i used , far more effective in finding what you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 it returns the results in date order, so if you search for waste time then it is not the relevance that it basis the results on, just the most recent threads with those words in first. If you use the same search rules as google such as using quotes for specific phrases it should improve things a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Plus the threads get deleted after a set time period I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 it returns the results in date order, so if you search for waste time then it is not the relevance that it basis the results on, just the most recent threads with those words in first. If you use the same search rules as google such as using quotes for specific phrases it should improve things a little. When did we get that functionality? Quotes haven't always worked have they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 When did we get that functionality? Quotes haven't always worked have they? Always worked for me. And threads in technical and supra chat do not get deleted (hence why we want USEFUL titles) but the rubbish in offtopic gets pruned off along with stuff in for sale etc. Got to keep the database size down somehow and help the searches return something worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 And threads in technical and supra chat do not get deleted Oh right can understand about technical but I didn't think supra chat was immune due to the bumps Ed's boot release thread keeps getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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