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	Forum Search Engine - Vastly Improved started by erick
	November 12th 2007 at 4:07 PM  [ Modified November 12th 2007 at 4:07 PM ] Post #1
	erick Alternate Realities erick doesn't know if he should go to work in the morning or not. Updated Yesterday at 12:05 AM 10417 Posts Group: Administrators Member Since: April 10th 2001 Location: Strathcona, MN, USA Current Sled: RMK 660 HO Miles Last Season: 3000 Miles This Season: 1600
	I've been working quite a bit on figuring out the correct algorithms, etc, to use on the forum search. I've made some good progress. It returns much more relevant data and MUCH, MUCH faster too. I'll continue adding options and optimizing more throughout this week. Let me know if you encounter any problems or if it doesn't seem to be finding what you think it should be finding. Breaking free from the thoughts in my mind Rating: 0 Quick Edit Edit Topic
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	November 12th 2007 at 4:20 PM Post #2
	JD Senior Member 2749 Posts Group: Members Member Since: March 6th 2006 Location: North Dakota, USA Current Sled: '02 XC 500 SP Miles Last Season: 1540 Miles This Season: 1860
	Seems to work good. One suggestion I have is to have a page somewhere that lists the shortcuts for people to refine their searches better. Such as the + key and the quotation marks. I don't have these memorized and do not know if they are universally applicable. For example, if you search for "track," but also want results that include "tracks." Rating: 0 Quick Edit Full Edit
	November 19th 2007 at 11:55 AM Post #3
	arcticcatmatt Spleen Splitter arcticcatmatt spent the day sawing wood, stacking wood, and putting up a tree stand 4 hrs away from home. Updated Over an hour ago 11214 Posts Group: Moderators Member Since: November 25th 2001 Location: Berkshire, NY, USA Current Sled: 96/97 ZRT 600 Miles Last Season: 100 Miles This Season: 462
	Cool. I do miss the option of searching topic titles or threads themselves. Check out my site and join up! www.adventurehiker.com Triple Triple Triples are like some slightly overweight chicks, weight doesn't matter as long as she's high in performance baby! Rating: 0 Quick Edit Full Edit
	November 19th 2007 at 12:53 PM Post #4
	erick Alternate Realities erick doesn't know if he should go to work in the morning or not. Updated Yesterday at 12:05 AM 10417 Posts Group: Administrators Member Since: April 10th 2001 Location: Strathcona, MN, USA Current Sled: RMK 660 HO Miles Last Season: 3000 Miles This Season: 1600
	Matt, there's really no need for that. I've weighted it so that titles and descriptions that have key words you search for weight more so they appear near the top of the result list although in some situations topics which include more posts with the key words you specify may rank higher in the search results than those topics with titles having the key words you specify. In either case, I'm pretty certain it's going to find what you want. If you know of something it's not finding, that it should be finding, let me know. Breaking free from the thoughts in my mind Rating: 0 Quick Edit Full Edit
	November 19th 2007 at 1:07 PM  [ Modified November 19th 2007 at 1:08 PM ] Post #5
	arcticcatmatt Spleen Splitter arcticcatmatt spent the day sawing wood, stacking wood, and putting up a tree stand 4 hrs away from home. Updated Over an hour ago 11214 Posts Group: Moderators Member Since: November 25th 2001 Location: Berkshire, NY, USA Current Sled: 96/97 ZRT 600 Miles Last Season: 100 Miles This Season: 462
	^ ahh.. didn't know it was "weighted" Sweet.. I was also thinking you might have had it that way so that it was less taxing on the servers. I have heard searching can be hard on a server. Check out my site and join up! www.adventurehiker.com Triple Triple Triples are like some slightly overweight chicks, weight doesn't matter as long as she's high in performance baby! Rating: 0 Quick Edit Full Edit