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 Posted:   Nov 27, 2019 - 1:13 PM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

Finally. Now I can go back to not finding what I am looing for many times. ;-)

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2019 - 1:45 PM   
 By:   Graham Watt   (Member)

I typed in Site Search engine, like that, no inverted commas, and got a billion irrelevant threads. Then I typed in "site search engine", like that, in inverted commas, and I got ONE result! Hooray!! Success!!!... but it was about the Starship Enterprise.

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2019 - 3:33 PM   
 By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member)

IMPORTANT!

Actually, I just found out that if you put whatever you're searching for within quotation marks ("), it narrows it down to what you're looking for. At least it worked for me.


Worked for me toom
Thank you, Thor!
smile

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2019 - 3:36 PM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

It worked for me too, Thor. Thanks for the tip.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2019 - 4:37 PM   
 By:   Last Child   (Member)

IMPORTANT!

Actually, I just found out that if you put whatever you're searching for within quotation marks ("), it narrows it down to what you're looking for. At least it worked for me.


That and several more methods are listed in a pop-up window if you click on the blue "search tips" link, located near the search window. They're typical search methods.
The important thing is the engine is (more or less) working instead of giving a "go back to previous page."

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2019 - 4:48 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

Still can't find Tallguy's limerick thread....

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2019 - 11:01 PM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

IMPORTANT!

Actually, I just found out that if you put whatever you're searching for within quotation marks ("), it narrows it down to what you're looking for. At least it worked for me.


That and several more methods are listed in a pop-up window if you click on the blue "search tips" link, located near the search window. They're typical search methods.


What you mean Thor isnt a "computer genius wizard", he just clicked on the tips? What a swizz!! And to think i believed in him. They do say all heros are shades of fraud!! smile

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 28, 2019 - 1:41 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Ha, ha...wish I were a computer genius. But I just used the same kind of technique you do when you search for specific terms on Google etc. (didn't click 'search tips').

 
 Posted:   Nov 28, 2019 - 1:47 AM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

So you are a computer messiah after all?
Only true computer messiahs deny their divinity. smile

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 28, 2019 - 2:18 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 28, 2019 - 4:25 AM   
 By:   Graham Watt   (Member)

I must be doing something wrong. With or without quotation marks I'm still getting 90% irrelevant stuff. I just did a random experiment - a search for topics about Gerald Fried - and although several topics in a long list did include his name, many of the threads had his name as part of the topic content... which might be useful in itself, but it also linked to posts where someone might have mentioned eating "fried" eggs. The majority of posts were still a lucky-bag of anything and everything.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 28, 2019 - 4:43 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Hmm. Yes, it does appear that the hits reflect the terms both in the title and within threads themselves. No way to narrow it down to just titles, for example. But at least the results are far more specific than before, when using quotation marks.

Be sure, however, to write "gerald fried", not "gerald" "fried".

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 28, 2019 - 5:48 AM   
 By:   Graham Watt   (Member)



Be sure, however, to write "gerald fried", not "gerald" "fried".


Yeah, that's what I did. Still got 10% Gerald Fried, 20% fried eggs, and 70% starship enterprise biscuits sale 2017.

 
 Posted:   Nov 28, 2019 - 5:50 AM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)



Be sure, however, to write "gerald fried", not "gerald" "fried".


Yeah, that's what I did. Still got 10% Gerald Fried, 20% fried eggs, and 70% starship enterprise biscuits sale 2017.


...wins Bill Carson award for Post of the day

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 11, 2019 - 7:20 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Appears the search engine is down again. Hopefully, it's just temporary. Let's give it a couple of days.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 13, 2019 - 11:47 PM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

The search function is back.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 24, 2019 - 8:36 PM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

And the search function is down again after 10 days of operation. How does this thing keep getting broken?

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 3, 2020 - 11:51 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

The search engine is down again. Would really appreciate it if it was fixed; I'm kinda dependent on it. Thanks!

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 3, 2020 - 11:55 AM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

The search engine is down again. Would really appreciate it if it was fixed; I'm kinda dependent on it. Thanks!


I noticed it two days ago, but I was determined not to be the only scold around here.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 4, 2020 - 6:17 AM   
 By:   Howard L   (Member)

Use this, much more efficient--

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.filmscoremonthly.com/board
[then type keyword(s) after board]

 
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