TuringAI Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I've been going to these forums for quite a while now and this seems to be a new problem. While trying to search for a topic with specified keywords a blank page shows up. I am using Firefox. Is there any way for me to be able to search? This would seem like something that needs fixing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanjos Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I'll add to this that search does work for me, but the results are so poor it isn't worth trying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Mac Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 (edited) Use Google. Type in "[the subject to be searched] AND objectivism online" and you'll get much more accurate results than w/ the forum's search engine (in my experience anyway.) Edited May 20, 2009 by K-Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 The forum's search simply looks for exact words. Many a time this will miss stuff (because a slightly different word was used in the post) or will bring back too much (a word that is used very commonly). Google can handle some degree of synonyms and can weight results (particularly if one specifies multiple words). The forum's search works better in one case: when one knows what one is looking for, and know that the word occurred in a title ("Search Titles only" option). E.g. try searching titles-only for the word "taxes". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEgoist Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I often do search in titles. However, if you're looking for a title with more than one word, it will often split up both words and search for either one in the title, not both combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I often do search in titles. However, if you're looking for a title with more than one word, it will often split up both words and search for either one in the title, not both combined.To search for both combined, you have to use the "+" symbol, to mark each term as "must have". For instance, go to search, select "Titles Only" and search for +medicine +taxes From the "Advanced usage help" on the forum search page: apple banana Find posts that contain at least one of these words +apple +juice Find posts with both words +apple -juice Find posts with 'apple' but not 'juice' apple* Find posts with 'apple' and/or 'applesauce' "Some Words" Find posts with the phrase 'some words of wisdom', 'some words' but not 'some noise words'[/code] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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