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[crownvicjim]

has anyone else had trouble with our search? you can never find what you want unless you know the thread name. we gotta be able to do something about this. its just frustrating for me when i spend 20 minutes looking for some really obvious info and nothing comes up. even if you type in key words it doent really ever get it right. am i alone here?

 

[Frogman]

I've never had a problem finding what I was looking for. What are you searching for?

Also, the search must contain more than three letters.

 

[wood_e]

It sucks big time. I search fuel filter and I got air and oil filter stuff for at least a page.

 

[slowmkviii]

you have to help the search out by narrowing down the search by only selecting the forum it might be in. I agree most search functions suck

 

[Aquabrit]

Yup, narrowing it down helps, plus you can also opt to search thread titles only.

Sometimes, when bored, i just go to the forum index page, scroll to bottom and view the forum archive - i can then instantly see every thread title (in chronological order) for the forum. Makes for fast and easy reading.

 

[mespock]

I've never had a problem finding what I was looking for. What are you searching for?

Also, the search must contain more than three letters.

Frogman is the god on search... trust him... he'll even find you motorcycle parts when you are broke down in Idaho...

 

[RedCellSix]

I agree completely. Our search feature needs some type of simple directions. I have spent a lot of time usually rather fruitlessly. I could not even count how many times people have tried the search without any luck. I know most of the old timers have it down. But when people say they tried with no success, they're met with use the SEARCH. While for sure some people are lazy, there seems to me to be some room for improvement in this area. Overall the website is outstanding and kept under very good control(Mespock- Thx.) it could be even better. Gary in Elmira.

 

[crownvicjim]

Overall the website is outstanding and kept under very good control(Mespock- Thx.) it could be even better. Gary in Elmira.

exactly. i love this site. i just hate having to ask "what my spark plug gap" should be, or "what is the wheel offset" or any number of other things that have been covered a million times, but you cant find when searching.

 

[Battery]

I've never had a problem, just takes a little patience.

 

[mespock]

There is a suggestion forum where you can post complaints or wishes..

 

[Markviiiedrea]

It is hard to narrow down a serch, it was quicker for me to go to Mark8.org to find what I needed.

 

[Kbob]

Add my name to the list. The search function needs improvement.

 

[Battery]

It should be made into a boolean search so you can tell the engine to find all words instead of any.

 

[mikemark8]

It is hard to narrow down a serch, it was quicker for me to go to Mark8.org to find what I needed.

+1-

 

[Frogman]

Wait... Mespock is a Moderator?

~packs bags~

LOL

Mespock

 

[crownvicjim]

There is a suggestion forum where you can post complaints or wishes..

im sorry. i did not know.

 

[mespock]

Wait... Mespock is a Moderator?

~packs bags~

LOL

Mespock

See what happens when you take a leave of absence...

 

[poniesviii]

I agree.. I've searched title only for a specific word and still had to search through threads because the titles didn't hold any such word.

 

[shiryu0]

ive never had a problem........

 

[poniesviii]

It seems it depends what you're searching for. Sometimes.. no problems. Sometimes... it takes a bunch of weeding. So regardless who says they don't have problems, if some have problems.. then maybe it needs to be looked over?

 

[mikemark8]

It is hard to narrow down a serch, it was quicker for me to go to Mark8.org to find what I needed.

unless you are a frog, that is...search needs improvement...ribit.

 

[MediumD]

It should be made into a boolean search so you can tell the engine to find all words instead of any.

This.

For serious.

It seems to be some issue with vBulletin, I don't know if it can be done or not, but it would be nice.

 

[chicken]

i had problems the other day, wanted to know what year conti's had c heads, searched a couple pages of nothing to do with it where i found the info.

i searched under, continental heads, c heads conti heads c head swap (with spaces and also tried with +'s) and got numerous pages of nothing to do with a head

 

[Battery]

i had problems the other day, wanted to know what year conti's had c heads, searched a couple pages of nothing to do with it where i found the info.

i searched under, continental heads, c heads conti heads c head swap (with spaces and also tried with +'s) and got numerous pages of nothing to do with a head

Alright here's how this works. When you search and put in multiple words, it finds threads with any of those words. There more words you add, the more results you will get, the results do not become more refined. I'm unaware of a way on this forum to search for all words instead of any. So when you searched for continental heads, it found all pages containing the word heads, and all pages containing the word continental.

When you searched for "c" heads, the "c" part is omitted, the engine won't accept anything under 4 letters long.

On these forums it is essential to at hit the advanced button and choose to search a particular forum (mark viii forum for example).

 

[Aquabrit]

In some instances, chicken, google can help. I just typed ''continental C heads lincolnvscadillac'' and got some useful leads.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=continental+C+heads+lincolnvscadillac&start=10&sa=N&filter=0