The new search system- problems, observations, issues

[dpuck1998]

I'm doing a search and most of the links returned give me the following error.

Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster

Also, what is the "Search Tag" suppose to do? Doesn't seem to return anything different than the regular search.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I'm doing a search and most of the links returned give me the following error.

Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster

Also, what is the "Search Tag" suppose to do? Doesn't seem to return anything different than the regular search.

I'm not sure, maybe BT knows.

 

[mill4023]

Also, what is the "Search Tag" suppose to do? Doesn't seem to return anything different than the regular search.

If I understand it correctly, when you create a new thread, you can add certain words as search tags. Then when someone does a search, they can enter words in the search tags box and it will return any threads that had those words added as search tags.

If that is accurate, I think that 99% of the people will never add search tags to their threads, so it will be useless.

 

[Caropooh]

Strange. seems to work for me on various different browsers.
If you don't see the dog, try refreshing the page. it could be communication problem in loading the search script. Let me know if you got it to work.

I had brought this to the attention of Alex when the new search went into effect. I can't search using IE on an eMac. Whether I use advanced search or not, it just brings me back to the original search page, no searching done. I never see the dog. It will work on Safari, but I prefer IE.

 

[dpuck1998]

So is the thread now dead? Are we wasting time posting here now?

 

[agnes!]

I don't know dpuck, haven't seen BoardTracker post on here lately, was your last question answered?
Kinda OT to your last post but the "tag" search feature doesn't seem to work as well for me as I had hoped it would.

agnes!

 

[agnes!]

Anyone?

agnes!

 

[dpuck1998]

agnes, looks like this thread is now dead. Guess were stuck with this sorry search engine. We'll live ;-)

 

[Dan Murphy]

Any new developments, BT, in improving the search? Just wondering how those were coming along.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Any updates on the folksonomy ?

 

[dpuck1998]

Good Luck getting any answers.

 

[BoardTracker]

Actually there will be some updates in the near future

 

[Dan Murphy]

Hey, BT, great to see you again. Welcome back. We've missed you around these parts. Stop by and say hello once in awhile, I see you are here most days.

Looking forward to those near future updates (hopefully improvements) to make your new search engine more usable and effective. I think most, myself included, have pretty much given up on using it, finding it to be so very rudimentary in its results. But that's great to hear, those updates coming, much appreciated.

Best of the Season to you and your family, BT, and if we don't see you again before then, a very Happy New Year too.

 

[BoardTracker]

...(hopefully improvements)...

Major improvements

 

[Dan Murphy]

Major improvements

Fabulous, BT. I, along with many others, anxiously await the improvements. It's been a tough go here with your search these past few months, so anything will be great.

Again, thanks for all you do here and good wishes of the Season to you and family.

 

[smjj]

I can only hope there are major improvements. I had completely given up on the "new, not improved" search engine that DIS went to. It just was not anything close to the old one as far as usefullness..smjj

 

[dpuck1998]

I can only hope there are major improvements. I had completely given up on the "new, not improved" search engine that DIS went to. It just was not anything close to the old one as far as usefullness..smjj

But no server busy messages...well not as often....I still get them on occasion.

 

[smjj]

But no server busy messages...well not as often....I still get them on occasion.

I got them so little, It did not concern me. I sometimes wonder if the reason we don't get them as much now is that most people who used the old search just finally gave up like I did out of pure furstration with the new one..smjj

 

[dpuck1998]

I got them so little, It did not concern me. I sometimes wonder if the reason we don't get them as much now is that most people who used the old search just finally gave up like I did out of pure furstration with the new one..smjj

That was my point, but I was just trying not to say it

 

[jfulcer]

So, it's the new year now, really it's kinda like the 'near future'. Are there any reports on the 'major improvements' that the koalas were working on that are supposed to be showing up?