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Search before u post? DUH!

13 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/search-before-u-post-duh.69300/

jack_the_ripper
jack_the_ripper Original post #1
Sep 27, 2007 at 8:57 PM
hi guys,

well im really getting irritated with the search thing here! few days back i just read an article about "Computer Desk and Chair" here on digit under QnA section... i found it interesting and decided to buy a chair with the specifications mentioned in the thread... i dint bookmark the thread then and i tried searching it.. but when i tried searching it today the search result returned 1000 odd results with no sight of my desired thread...

i had to manually go through all the pages and find it...

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66334

can someone please tell me how to search efficiently incase im not searching it the right way?
shady_inc
Sep 27, 2007 at 8:59 PM
Best is to search thru google:

site:*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/ "your search terms"

G-search is 1000000000000 times better than digit one. IMO
jack_the_ripper
Sep 27, 2007 at 9:05 PM
then whats the use of search engine of the forum? and thanks for that google tip!

lol when i searched for "Computer Desk and Chair" now, its showing my thread... still no sign of "*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66334" in the search!!
QwertyManiac
Sep 27, 2007 at 9:06 PM
Experiment with the quoted queries and you'll get the right results. :)
jack_the_ripper
Sep 27, 2007 at 9:12 PM
^^ i've expirimented with just about all the terms! search was of NO use for me!! google helped though!
shady_inc
Sep 27, 2007 at 9:17 PM
@jack_the_ripper
Don't know about the thread you wanted,but this thread is certainly topping the search results for "Computer Desk and Chair" now!!:D
QwertyManiac
Sep 27, 2007 at 9:19 PM
jack_the_ripper said:
^^ i've expirimented with just about all the terms! search was of NO use for me!! google helped though!
I was talking about Google. Of course forum search algorithms suck, unless they've made changes to it.
jack_the_ripper
Sep 27, 2007 at 9:28 PM
shady_inc said:
@jack_the_ripper
Don't know about the thread you wanted,but this thread is certainly topping the search results for "Computer Desk and Chair" now!!:D

well that wont be a problem for users searching for that topic... i've included the link to that in my post! :)

@qwerty: yes, google is really good.. i cant differ with you on that!

and why is my profile pic not being shown?
QwertyManiac
Sep 27, 2007 at 9:30 PM
You ought to upload it on to the Avatar field and not the Profile Picture field. By the way is it a dragon? Cause I can see your 'Profile Picture' in your Profile. But avatars are shown in posts, rather.

Your profile shows the picture:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=26222
jack_the_ripper
Sep 27, 2007 at 9:34 PM
QwertyManiac said:
You ought to upload it on to the Avatar field and not the Profile Picture field. By the way is it a dragon? Cause I can see your 'Profile Picture' in your Profile. But avatars are shown in posts, rather.

Your profile shows the picture:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=26222

thanx harsh! :)
Third Eye
Third Eye #12
Sep 27, 2007 at 10:04 PM
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/search.php?searchid=377089 :p
jack_the_ripper
Sep 27, 2007 at 10:15 PM
@ third-eye!

thanx but no thanx!! i'll stick to google for now... :)

and 12 results for that search? few irrelevant ones also.. many infact...!