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Contraband

Member Since: 08 Nov 2010
Location: FIFE
Posts: 3697

Search function

Before I post, I always check search to see if the answer is already there.. And more often than not, it is...... But..
It does my head in..
Tonight I was looking to see why my car does not have a service indicator. I found the answer many pages in. I had typed 'service indicator' and it was about 5 pages in, not bad, but why so many completely unrelated results before I found the result??
I then tried an experiment.... I noted the post title, the forum etc and tried again... It was 'No Service Indicator' in 'technical'... I filled out the fields in the search form and tried again, I tried a few different options but the best I could do was getting the result up half way down page 4... And that was puting in the exact title of the post...

What am I doing wrong? Is it my iPad? Whenever I see a newb posting a question that has been asked a dozen times I used to think they were filling up the forum with unnecessary posts, but maybe they have searched and found nothing.
I am not trying to be negative at all, but maybe sounding it, I just want to find things easier!
(I did read the recent post on search help)
Cheers. Previously..
Vogue SE TD6
Defender 90 2.4
Defender 110 TD5
Vogue 3.5 EFI

22nd Oct 2011 7:21pm

mzplcg

Member Since: 26 May 2010
Location: Warwickshire. England. The Commonwealth.
Posts: 4029

2014 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Corris Grey

Put the query in double quotes to search for an exact phrase.
Use boolean for specific words to include or exclude, e.g. + and -

Works well enough for me.

22nd Oct 2011 8:30pm

Martin
Site Admin

Member Since: 24 Mar 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 1665

Have just updated the search engine on here, and added some help on that page so hopefully this will sort it for you and others

22nd Oct 2011 8:34pm

Contraband

Member Since: 08 Nov 2010
Location: FIFE
Posts: 3697

Brilliant, that works a treat... Thanks for making it clearer Martin.... Lol, so it was just me!! Previously..
Vogue SE TD6
Defender 90 2.4
Defender 110 TD5
Vogue 3.5 EFI

22nd Oct 2011 9:05pm

Martin
Site Admin

Member Since: 24 Mar 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 1665

No it wasn't just you, I have fundamentally changed the search system so it works better.

22nd Oct 2011 9:07pm

JOKER

Member Since: 11 Sep 2008
Location: Sconnie Botland
Posts: 15876

So now we are gonna have stan telling us to "use the new improved search function"

22nd Oct 2011 9:18pm

Googsy

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Where men are men and sheep are nervous.
Posts: 2947

Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
Gone Audi A5 2.7TDI
Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE

22nd Oct 2011 10:47pm

stan
Site Moderator

Member Since: 13 Jul 2010
Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation
Posts: 35262

i wouldnt 'tell' you to do anything mick , but i 'suggest' you might want to use the ...................... ... - .- -.

Y. O. L. O.
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23rd Oct 2011 9:06am

JOKER

Member Since: 11 Sep 2008
Location: Sconnie Botland
Posts: 15876

23rd Oct 2011 9:10am

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