I'm getting variable numbers of hits, and yes still not finding posts/threads which I know are there - search isn't returning everything

Usually the problem of missing results of threads/posts that exist has been an indexing problem or corruption of the data. Any ideas as to who might be handling the search problems this week? I think Kevin might be on vacation.

I just did a search, and the indexing seems to be grabbing things pretty much in real-time, at least at the moment.

I think the default is 25 results per page, perhaps there is also a maximum page size creating pages with variable numbers of results on some of the results pages. My search a few minutes ago had 25 except the last page, but none of the quoted text was very long.


You're welcome, I've been trying to help if I know the answers or work-arounds, or if I can at least figure out one of the two.

Are you talking about the red highlighting of the key words?

I wish they'd make it variable, my Google default is set to 100/page. It would be much easier on me to go through fewer pages.

Currently "Search" sucks. I am waiting until they tell me it has been fixed before I even try another search.

FWIW, Search is a tech thing, so TalkBoard really can't do much here, except complain if the problem continues.

Is that "save search preferences" thing supposed to work? It doesn't work for me.

Would it be possible to add the "Forum Jump" drop-down to the search results page?

I purposely haven't used the search function in a couple of weeks, because it was causing me so much frustration. Have any of the IT guys responded about the search by name function that previously let you know what the last post was in the threads you've posted to, not just the date of your post? This is the most important search function for me - I don't think you should have to click on the thread itself to see if there have been any recent posts. And subscribing, while a sufficient work-around, doesn't serve as there are some threads that I don't want to subscribe to permanently, just want to check occasionally. If this could be brought back, it would be infinitely more useful than the current version.

New search is still making life difficult as a moderator. Hope the old functions come back.

Why does search show dates and times in (I presume) IB's home timezone instead of the dates/times I have set in my profile. It makes it harder to identify what I've already read, or if I'm searching for a post or thread based on time of posting.

I agree, everything else on FT uses the user set time and date. Why can't IB keep this consistency in the search function? It's very confusing to have to use special rules just to figure out the real time and date!

Any updates from IBB? I haven't noticed a lot of functional changes recently. An updates from behind the scenes?

I am also wondering when the search functions, including the My Threads quick search, are expected to be functioning properly once again. Any update?

(In some ways it feels like the BK commercial in which they stopped serving the Whopper at a location for a day, except in this case it has been at least several weeks. (apologies if that thought was previously expressed))

Changing "sort order" from "relevance" to "post date", then saving search options does not work - the next time I select advanced search, the sort order is back to relevance, which is of no interest to me.

I don't think that was in the design, but I really wish they'd do that. I almost always want to search by post date, and I'd be happier if I only had to change it occasionally.

WRong forum - oops.

Are we experiencing indexing problems again? I just did a search by a user name and the most recent (search by date) was two days ago, yet the user has had posts yesterday and today and the post I'm looking for was either last night or this morning.

I just experienced a similar problem. Grrr...