my beef with searching

DrSLUGFly

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

European Server or International

28 May 2005 at 14:12 - 1

the following things will return useless results on the forums

pig mission
pet lists
npc locations
monstrous eye
Toe of Gargamel

as you may have already guessed I'm getting to the point that you can't search 3 letter words. I find this an annoyance in most forums that have this limitation since 3 letter words comprise a great portion of the english language. If they want to disclude commonly used words like the, or, but, if, a, an, etc. then they could but to not search at all for 3 letter words?

I found a thread asking about pet types and the response was "use search, so many threads already" so I searched myself and found a million threads about "types".

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

28 May 2005 at 14:22 - 2

I have added those words to the search index, and will try to re-create the search database late at night.

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

28 May 2005 at 16:47 - 3

And done. Took roughly 90 minutes to update through all 120,000 posts.

Ramus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

Zero Tolerance

W/Mo

28 May 2005 at 17:19 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inde

And done. Took roughly 90 minutes to update through all 120,000 posts. Jeebus. I was going through withdrawals, is this why the site was closed?

Im ok, I just had to breathe...

Ignotus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Parliament of Rooks

W/Mo

17 Jul 2005 at 08:57 - 5

I too think the search function is severely gimped. I CANNOT find out where to get a collector axe with +15% damage while over 50% HP (may not even exist) and trying to search for it doesn't work. If I type Quote:

"damage +15%" axe

I get
Quote:

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : axe

WTF?
Then, when I try Quote: "damage +15%" collector , I get

Quote:

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. You telling me that there are NO threads than contain "collector" and "damage +15%"? I call bullshit on that. If I type

Quote:

"damage +15%" sword , I still get NO results. It's like I need a friggin' tutorial on how to search or something. This search engine is different than any other search I've ever used. Google seems to work much better. just type in what you want to search for, and use "site:www.guildwarsguru.com/forum"

Old Dood

Middle-Age-Man

Join Date: May 2005

Lansing, Mi

W/Mo

18 Jul 2005 at 11:14 - 6

So true. This is why I have a hard time telling people to use the search. I have in a nice way on a few threads, but that was for obvious searches.

I too have had major trouble searching threads/posts out on topics. So instead of getting flamed and forcing me to fire back and starting a war I'll sit there and go through a zillion threads and posts to find an answer.

raven214

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

18 Jul 2005 at 13:09 - 7

Another example: I want to find out about ele/nec's.... I type in E/N and it gives the too short, too common, etc message. I type in elemental necro and it gives all the threads that mention elementalists, and all the threads that mention necromancers... not just the threads that include them both.