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derrtyboy69
derrtyboy69
Grotto Attendant
#1
quite frankly this sites search engine blows, VERY VERY VEYRY VERy HARD. can we please stop filtering out words, so that people can actually find something
kzap
kzap
Site Contributor
#2
what are you looking for? i can add it to the exclude list so it isnt filtered out. unforunately for VB, searching for short words is very database intensive.
derrtyboy69
derrtyboy69
Grotto Attendant
#3
its things liek axe, or bow, or sword. i know sometimes i just want to look through all of the bows in the sell forum to pick one out for my ranger, but i have to specify too much because i cant just search BOW
kzap
kzap
Site Contributor
#4
k axe and bow added to the exclude list
Mercury Angel
Mercury Angel
Avatar of Gwen
#5
Very few forums will allow you to search for words with 3 characters or less.
Not sure if it's intended or not, although why it would exist if it weren't is a conundrum, is the wildcard symbol. Tag an * (asterisk) to the word you want to search for.

The last bbs I was on had that tip pop up whenever you tried to search for a 3 letter word.
kzap
kzap
Site Contributor
#6
the one downside of VBulletin and large forums like this one. Search will kill it, literally. sometimes you even have to offload the search functions to a seperate machine, imagine that a seperate machine for searching a forum? We'll be implementing a recommended Google Search for forums soon with a last resort Forum Search option, or disable Forum Search altogether.
Mercury Angel
Mercury Angel
Avatar of Gwen
#7
Like using the [site:http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/] restriction in Google searches?

Or is that just as bad?

Can't say I've put much thought into how search engines operate, sadly >.<
kzap
kzap
Site Contributor
#8
no using google is great