Anybody else think the Search function *****?

[thaster 10+ year member]

the search function on this website isn't good. When i type in alpine pdx or something similar, it will show me every threads with alpine in it. I just want to be shown threads with alpine pdx. Also you can't search numbers or three letter words. are there special keys i input to get the exact phrase i type in?

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[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

It has always sucked. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

The search function has always sucked on this site. But at least its doing something at this point, last couple times I tried it would tell me it found zero results for my search criteria, even when Id put in extremely common words that are used here every day.

If I was Goob, I would make the search function a top priority. This is a forum based on the car audio hobby, and its bread 'n butter is information. When the search function doesn't work, or works badly, it severely limits a person's ability to find pertinent info. In other words the site, functionally, is not at the level it should be to attract and keep new members that are here looking for a place to do research into their hobby. It also has trickle-down negatives such as veteran members growing tired of seeing/answering the same old questions every few days, and the forum taking on an over all feel/image of being more about a day-to-day discussion forum (look at the wire I bought today, look at what I ate for lunch, check out this monster turd I just dropped), instead of being a site more related to in-depth and serious discussions about car audio.

That being said, google has a function that allows you to search individual sites, so it can be used as a reliable alternative to the search function here. But most noobs, the ones who come here with the same old questions all the time, dont seem to know about the google trick.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

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[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Search function worked 5 years ago. Should of visited this site then. DUH!

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Search function worked 5 years ago. Should of visited this site then. DUH!

Really? I honestly dont remember it ever working.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

It did at one point. Now I couldn't even search something I posted myself.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

The search button on many forums doesn't work.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

It did at one point. Now I couldn't even search something I posted myself.

I don't think I'd be able to find a post I made outside of the lounge, which I did for the first 5-6 years of my presence here...tis a shame.

The search button on many forums doesn't work.

A lot of forums are now using google search, which works better than the native search here...it's always been subpar, but now it's terrible.

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

i just learn about the google trick. you type site:caraudio.com then whatever you are searching for

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

i just learn about the google trick. you type site:caraudio.com then whatever you are searching for

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[Buck 5,000+ posts]

i just learn about the google trick. you type site:caraudio.com then whatever you are searching for

I usually keep tabs on anything I really care about, which is usually just my threads.

 

[administrator]

the search function on this website isn't good. When i type in alpine pdx or something similar, it will show me every threads with alpine in it. I just want to be shown threads with alpine pdx. Also you can't search numbers or three letter words. are there special keys i input to get the exact phrase i type in?

FYI we have tried multple times to fix search. Go talk to vbulletin and ask them why they can't program a decent search utility.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

FYI we have tried multple times to fix search. Go talk to vbulletin and ask them why they can't program a decent search utility.

They don't have google search?

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

They don't have google search?

I'm sure they have never heard of Google. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif