Search engine issue

[Dainin]

Hi Tech Support,

 

Just thought I'd point out that the search engine for the site doesn't appear to be working correctly. Entering  relatively common search terms produces no results or far fewer than should be expected.

 

Examples:

Bagua, 5 results

Mo Pai: 6 results

Zen: 27 results

 

Hopefully someone can look into this. Thank you.

 

Edited yesterday at 11:37 PM by Dainin

[Bindi]

I noticed yesterday that all old posts have disappeared, I had tried to find a quote from an old post of mine and only 3 pages of recent history existed. I checked another members history and found the same, I assumed it was to do with the daobum reset and that it was common knowledge as I don’t come on here very often.

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Bindi

[Taomeow]

Nooo...

[stirling]

We are still investigating, but the current consensus is that it has never worked very well. This may be normal behavior. If we get any further I’ll post to this thread.

[oak]

8 hours ago, Dainin said:

Hi Tech Support,

 

Just thought I'd point out that the search engine for the site doesn't appear to be working correctly.

 

 

It never did. For me it was always easier to use google search as suggested by Marblehead a long time ago.

[Dainin]

Sorry but I have to disagree about the search engine never working well. For example, last June I used it to analyze my practice log. As you can see at the following link, it would (at that time and until recently) retrieve hundreds or even thousands of results for given search terms. There has definitely been a change since the recent connectivity issues to greatly impair this function, leaving it virtually worthless. To me this has been an important feature of the site and allows visitors to readily locate information on the topic of their choice. I hope tech support doesn't blow this off and continues to investigate the issue. Thank you.

 

 

[oak]

I do believe you @Dainin and am very empathetic with your concern.

As you know, for me, your posts are some of the most valuable in this forum. Really hope the situation will be solved.

 

[doc benway]

No question there is a big change here. 

Terms I’ve searched on many occasions are yielding far fewer hits than in the past or no results at all.

Reviewing the activity log in my profile only lists activity going back for 2 months - to 2/14.

Thanks for looking into this team!

Edited 9 hours ago by doc benway

[stirling]

...just a note to say that while there are 4 admins and we are fairly responsive, when it comes to the operational "guts" of the board, we don't have any agency for the most part. This is likely the purview of the owner, who has other life priorities at this point.

[Cobie]

Still not taking it for granted after all the past problems, still being very aware what a joy it is to have the forum working again. If the rest can’t be fixed, so be it; good enough for me.  Thanks again to Jules and the admods. 
 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Cobie

[forestofclarity]

It looks like the search function is limited to 60 days. We can change it, but this may cause slowing down on the website. This was not initially set, so this may have been one way we previously addressed the slow down. 

 

So I would ask: longer search or faster board? 

[Cobie]

7 minutes ago, forestofclarity said:

It looks like the search function is limited to 60 days. We can change it, but this may cause slowing down on the website. This was not initially set, so this may have been one way we previously addressed the slow down. 

Thanks for the update. I don’t need a search function. I’d hate the forum to slow down again. So 60 days is fine with me. 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Cobie