Forum search

[MrSmith22]

Is it working? mine doesn't return any results.

[staubsaug]

mine neither!

[wywywywy]

Its defo broke!

[Stay0Puft]

yep, no more searching here either...

[MrSmith22]

I think I broke it, I did a search for "install Vista on Pocket PC" then it stopped working...

[MrSmith22]

Not to worry I found what I was looking for.

Thanks.

[chalid]

yep, very few results when searching. not very useful that way :-/

[onesolo]

Any prevision when it will be fixed??

[stpete111]

Yes, I just did a search and it only returned results going back to Feb. 11. It is a topic that has definitely been discussed prior to that. Guess I'll wait and hope it gets fixed.

[MrSmith22]

http://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search?q=+site:forum.xda-developers.com&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&as_qdr=all

[ryaske]

i sent this to the feedback form on the site many moons ago, but apparently nobody has taken notice.


Has anyone else noticed this?? :confused:


If you are not logged in,

The quick search (click search so the box comes up with "show threads", "show posts", and advanced search options) is pointless.

If you try top search with it, you will alwasy receive an error. Because you have to answer the no spam question via the advanced search page. Whats the point of having the quick search in this case?

I propose the admin either gets rid of quick search (have it go right to advanced search), OR add a box in the quick search for the spam question .. for guests that aren't logged in.

I know it has frustrated me more than once!!

thanks for listening

[Flar]

Hi Guys,

We switched the search function on 12-02 as posted in news.
Could you give me some feedback on if this improved the search or not?

Concerning the nospam issue it should only be an issue for unregistered or not logged in users, if you have problems as a logged in user please let me know asap.

Greetz,

Flar

[Flar]

as just posted in the thread in news: search has been switched back too fulltext boolean which is what we we're using before, we're looking into other alternatives..

Greetz,

Flar

[onesolo]

Ahh, great, thkx a lot for fixing it

[JwY]

Thanks for switching it back. It's much easier to find things again.

[ryaske]

Ditto to the two opinions above me.


My opinion on other search options:
I frequently also use google site search to find posts on XDA.... I find it works very well for me (so well I have set up a keyword shortcut in firefox. All I hvae to do is type "xda " and the terms i am looking for in the address bar, and hit enter.)

this is what i used to type into the google box when I did it manually:
site:forum.xda-developers.com the keywords your looking for

This is especially true when I am looking for terms less than 3 characters, the normal search won't work.

Maybe you guys should consider offering direct access to a google site search in addition to the boolean?

(( An example is how Webmasterworld does it. They go two steps further with a yahoo and MSN. In fact, 3rd party is their only search system:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/searchform.cgi
))

[chulo_allen]

well the forum search was working good for me yesterday..and today all i get is the Google search "Search XDA-Developers using Google" choice.. i like the older forum search..

am i doing something wrong?

[ryaske]

ha! I thought they would use my suggestion in addition to, and not in place of, the normal search.

But just to confirm w/ the poster above me .. yes it seems that is the only search option now, your not doing anything wrong.

[Goanna]

I dont mind using google search, in general it can find topics on here pretty good, but it has limitations.

For example, if the site search is turned off, you cant search individual threads. Some threads on here get VERY big, and without the "search this thread" function there are going to be plenty of questions asked and answered multiple times in each thread, which leads to annoyed people saying the question has already been answered, etc.

With that said, I really do hope the site search does come back for this reason.

[ryaske]

i concur for the same reasons. +1 vote for that

[indagroove]

I would like the site search back too. Please give us options!

[lowreeds]

i can't "search this thread" anymore.
Please bring back the old search.

[JwY]

i can't "search this thread" anymore.
Please bring back the old search.

Agreed. The old method worked pretty well -- one of the netter ones out of all the forums I visit.

[Liquidfire]

+4 on the need "search this thread"

Duttys threads get to well over 125 pages....usually in a few days. People start to yell very quick about using search, and if theres no way to search a thread like that a search that points just points you to it will do very little good.

Thanks folks Wonderful site, love everything you do. :D

[JwY]

Over the past couple of weeks (as I guess you know), the site Admin has been working on the Search function. I will raise the possibility of us having both Google search AND thread/advanced built in search, as that would seem to give us the best solution. There's no doubt that each has good and bad sides but the choice of search would be ideal.

Mike

Thanks Mike. It's been a bit harder to find things lately with Google only.

[Amada]

Thanks Mike. It's been a bit harder to find things lately with Google only.

There's no way to organize the results. :confused: Worthless. Might as well say "broken"!:p

[Flar]

Hi All,

Search this thread is back, and uses the built in forum search function, choosing advanced search there will send you to the advanced built in search function, i will add the built in option to the normal search dropdown later today.

greetz,

Flar

[Liquidfire]

Hi All,

Search this thread is back, and uses the built in forum search function, choosing advanced search there will send you to the advanced built in search function, i will add the built in option to the normal search dropdown later today.

greetz,

Flar


Thank You So Very Much.

Just want you guys/gals/everyone to know the way you run this site is phenomanal, the people you draw to your site for development are amazing. You listen to your fan base and respond. Constructive criticism is well taken and rarely thought of as flaming.

So all in all just wanted to say Thanks, Love your site and all the amazingly hard work you people put in.