Chuck Young Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 I am having a horrible time with the search function on this site. The first search always comes up 0. Then, after widening the search to include everything and every date, it comes up 0 again. Am I the only one having this problem? Or is the search function actually as useless as a bubblegum machine in a lock-jaw ward? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Chuck Young said: I am having a horrible time with the search function on this site. The first search always comes up 0. Then, after widening the search to include everything and every date, it comes up 0 again. Am I the only one having this problem? Or is the search function actually as useless as a bubblegum machine in a lock-jaw ward? I have the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Weird, I just pulled it up, entered "Archimedes dunk test" and it gave me two pages, back the 4/25/2011 when Vodkaman did his post. I wonder if it was a temporary glitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Fisher Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 I have noticed when I use the search in the upper left corner of the screen, I tend to get "0" results. Then if I remove the "+" symbol from between the key words and hit search again I will get results. If using the search from under the "Activity" heading , it tends to work better. I wonder how many new guys try the upper left search and get no results, hence the same common questions over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 You may have hit the nail on the head. I always direct them to the search under the Activity and that is the one I use. Hmmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Okay I just checked on both of them. Searched "bubbles in plastic" in the upper left and got zero, but the search function under Activity gave me enough info to write a novel. LOL Those of you who are having trouble, are you using the upper left? Try under Activity and see if that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Fisher Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 AA, I didn't know the activity search was there until I saw you direct someone there. The regular search worked well until the website change or update a couple of years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Funny thing is AZ that I forgot all about the top left search.......you know, too close to my nose to see. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saugerman Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Glad someone posted about the search, in the upper left corner. That's the one I always tried to use, and I would get 0 results. Been around this site for some time, and just now finding that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Young Posted March 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Thanks for the response. The activity search worked fine - once I switched from all caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Buck Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 The search function in the upper left works for me, however I mainly just use a single keyword. The keyword has to be at least four characters, or it brings up zero hits. So when I searched for KBS I got zero hits, but I typed in diamond and there were pages of results. I usually prefer the upper left search because it is easier for me to direct the search from all content to specific content, usually only on the hardbait forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Buck Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 I just noticed that if the search brings zero results in hard baits, and you remove the + and search again, it doesn't search in hard baits again, it searches all content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 20 hours ago, Anglinarcher said: Funny thing is AZ that I forgot all about the top left search.......you know, too close to my nose to see. LOL Ditto!! LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Young Posted March 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Is there any chance of getting the obvious search function fixed? We lecture people all the time to use the search feature before posting a question. Who is going to know to look under the activity tab? It is a little frustrating. It is also the sort of thing that my mind will not remember for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
