nik101 Senior Member Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 36 Location: Vancouver Expertise: I like coffee
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Posted Thu Apr 3, 2008, 4:49pm Subject: More problems with search
For some reason the search feature in the forums does not work very well. For instance, using just "oscar" in the keyword section and leaving everything else default returns zero results. This is strange seeing as there are many posts with the word "oscar" in them. If you search for "nuova simonelli" you will find multiple posts with the word "oscar".
nik101 Senior Member Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 36 Location: Vancouver Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: Oscar Pro Grinder: Grinta
Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 8:50am Subject: Re: More problems with search
Still seems to be a problem. It's as though the search engine does not recognize the word "Oscar" "Nuova Simonelli" searches just fine however. Very strange indeed.
Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 9:53am Subject: Re: More problems with search
Last weekend I did a very specific search that returned over 50,000 results, highly unlikely given the terms I used and confirmed by looking through the results to see nothing close to what I had searched upon. The results also included posts that by title included a word I wanted to exclude--garbage results. I now skip the CG search and do an advanced Google search limited to the CG forum web address. That works as it should and stays away from the buggy, sad search tool on the site.
E d C u s t a r d pseudo-barista
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Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 10:49am Subject: Re: More problems with search
Yes the search tool is flawed and Mark is aware of it. Rather then repairing it the new CG site build should have much improved search feature. The last several months most if not all site development has been behind the scenes on the new CG site. Look for it soon, and be ready. Its going to be really nice.
MarkPrince Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2001 Posts: 4,700 Location: Vancouver Expertise: Professional
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Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 1:01pm Subject: Re: More problems with search
The rebuild of CG is ongoing, but slow, and at one point, I ran out of money for the job, which halted it. I was hoping to have a beta test a month ago, but it looks like the end of the summer now.
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