Useless search results

Discussion in 'Forum Problems' started by Satangoss, Apr 25, 2016.

  1. Satangoss

    Satangoss Registered

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    Please ISI, consider to return the Google as the search engine. Nowadays the search results are completely useless since it gives back unrelated results, out of relevance order and in a list of threads instead of posts.
     
  2. whitmore

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    Yes agree try searching for
    Project rf2.
    In current thread but search finds nothing
     
  3. Christopher Elliott

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    I already saw this mentioned, I'll look into it.
     
  4. Richard729

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    Type this into the Google search engine followed by the search word(s)
    site:isiforums.net

    EXAMPLES
    site:isiforums.net project rf2
    site:isiforums.net ffb

    **** EDIT ****
    I hadn't used this search technique for several months. Now Google sometimes asks for a CAPTCHA solution with this explanation.
    Sometimes you may be asked to solve a CAPTCHA if you are using advanced terms that robots are known to use, or sending requests very quickly.

    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/86640?hl=en
     
  5. ECAR_Tracks

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    Thanks. This is the only decent way to have good results. The proprietary forum search engine is horrid.
     

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