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Topic: Forum search could be better (Read 914 times)

hero member
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July 14, 2011, 08:21:49 PM
#5
The SEARCH link at the top of the page will also let you search the entire forum, or select sections to search.
sr. member
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July 14, 2011, 08:13:02 PM
#4
Too often I can't find previous articles despite providing excellent search queries. For example, if I know most of the words in the TITLE and the original poster's USERNAME, I still might get zero (0) hits. Perhaps the search form should just redirect input to google appending site:forum.bitcoin.org ?
Remember that the search is always done in the context of the page you were on. Always do you search from the home forum page if you don't remember where it was posted.

Ah. Thanks for the tip.
legendary
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July 13, 2011, 11:47:19 PM
#3
Too often I can't find previous articles despite providing excellent search queries. For example, if I know most of the words in the TITLE and the original poster's USERNAME, I still might get zero (0) hits. Perhaps the search form should just redirect input to google appending site:forum.bitcoin.org ?
Remember that the search is always done in the context of the page you were on. Always do you search from the home forum page if you don't remember where it was posted.
hero member
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July 13, 2011, 09:09:34 AM
#2
I always end up on Google when I search the forums.

"site:Bitcoin.org (search term here)" is my friend.

Limited search terms by time periods within Google helps too.
sr. member
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July 13, 2011, 09:02:34 AM
#1
Too often I can't find previous articles despite providing excellent search queries. For example, if I know most of the words in the TITLE and the original poster's USERNAME, I still might get zero (0) hits. Perhaps the search form should just redirect input to google appending site:forum.bitcoin.org ?
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