I seem to be having annoying results when i use the "search messages" tab at the top of the pages.
if i want to search for certain topics this is how i would do it.

1. i would use the search messages tab at the top of the page
2. then i would use "Don't like this search? Try our traditional forum search instead".
3. Search Options "Forum Search"
4. then i would input the search text beside "any of these words or all of these words"
5. then i would press the search tab.

Results from the search word that i had input into the search window does not be in the found thread titles. maybe one or two titles have the word that i had searched for, but the majority of the results are useless.
i read a thread explaing how the search tab worked and now i cant find it to see what i am doing wrong....haha
can someone point me in the right direction or advise me on how to use the search engine properly?
Cheers

Is the search engine temporarily disabled?

Search engine is working just fine. Did you scroll down? Just beneath the "Don't like this search..." link are the results.

thank you for the reply ;)okay, i see at times the results are good. but if i take a random thread title and do a search:
thread title= Best Digital camera (Digital photography Forum)searching for any of these words i get dozens of results with those words within those threads although the thread title is not found in the results
If i use the same thread title and search using all of these words that thread title is not in the results.
i thought the search engine would show matching thread titles first and then include matching words within a thread afterwards.

i suppose what i am trying to say is that if you copy and paste a thread title and do a search using all of these words, surely the first result should be that exact matching thread title, then other threads with those words within those threads.

Link on how to search for your answer: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/548719

Good find on the advanced and narrowed search tut...

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i suppose what i am trying to say is that if you copy and paste a thread title and do a search using all of these words, surely the first result should be that exact matching thread title, then other threads with those words within those threads.

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That should be the case; but, I guess the results are reliant on the tags. I don't know...

cheers pryme_H for your time & interest ;)
i would like to use the search method more often but sometimes i'm quicker just browsing.
does everyone else find the advanced search results okay or is it just me?

I use it in conjunction with google, i'm never very far from one search engine or another

cheers creaky ;)
i used google to find "best digital camera (afterdawn)" and the result came up trumps. google found the thread title :)
so the search engine on this forum is not as sufficent as other search engines.
it may be a good idea to include a search for: words within titles. on afterdawn advanced search.
just an idea :)

Originally posted by IrlMonk:

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so the search engine on this forum is not as sufficent as other search engines.

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*cough* can't say *cough*. i daren't say that google is better or the admins will beat me and send me to bed with no supper :P

haha creaky. i'm with yea buddy....but with a few minor adjustments who would be bothered with other search engines when browsing this forum.
a good search engine would entice users to use good titles.

Originally posted by IrlMonk:

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a good search engine would entice users to use good titles.

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LMAO and Amen to that

Well, the standard search engine our forum uses is Google. Not a hack by us, but Google itself, just wrapped to our layout, so I don't know how we can top that with our internal search :-)

The "traditional search engine" is our own and even tho it works much like most other forum searches, it has one major nag: it searches through every single word in messages, but ignores the title completely. I've been meaning to fix that for ages. Might look into it this or next week.

Originally posted by dRD:

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it has one major nag: it searches through every single word in messages, but ignores the title completely. I've been meaning to fix that for ages. Might look into it this or next week.

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oooooh i could crush a grape, no wonder i've always had trouble finding things :)

Originally posted by creaky:

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Originally posted by dRD:

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it has one major nag: it searches through every single word in messages, but ignores the title completely. I've been meaning to fix that for ages. Might look into it this or next week.

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oooooh i could crush a grape, no wonder i've always had trouble finding things :)

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You brute :P

I rarely use the google search as I'm constantly using the "find posts by" tracking down spammers and no gooders.

lovely stuff dRD ;) look forward to it.