I cannot find anything using the new search.

[tazcat70]

Ok, that is not true, I can find LOTS. I can find so much information that I cannot find what I am looking for. I used the search function ALOT on the old BYC, however, now I get so many posts that I cannot get any useful information.

An example:

I was searching for threads on incubating grocery store eggs. I had no idea when it was first posted, but I figured that the post was currently active in recent weeks. Just about each different way I input the information I got 300,000 posts to go thru. I tried titles only, and full text. I tried several different ways to try and find what I was looking for. I couldn't.

This is not the first time that I have tried searching on the new format, I didn't find what I was looking for that time either.


Does anyone have any ideas of how I can make it work?

 

[redtailgal]

Have you seen this? It helped me out.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/search-and-advanced-search-tutorial

 

[kathyinmo]

Have you seen this? It helped me out.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/search-and-advanced-search-tutorial

Well, thanks for that!
Shoot, I thought I knew how to use the search function. I did not know about the, "Use Boolean Operators And Wildcards In Search."

Thanks again!

 

[tazcat70]

Well, thanks for that!
Shoot, I thought I knew how to use the search function. I did not know about the, "Use Boolean Operators And Wildcards In Search."

Thanks again!

X2 That explains a lot!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

We're always interested in search feedback. Here are a few questions that will help us when trying to improve our search system:

• Search Term
• Results URL
• What's wrong with these results?
• What example URLs should be at the top?

 

[tazcat70]

Nifty here is an example for you.

Search terms: Laree +frizzle +eggs Posts only...

results: https://www.backyardchickens.com/

 

[ivan3]

tazcat70 wrote: Search terms: Laree +frizzle +eggs Posts only...

Basic Search: "Laree AND frizzle AND eggs": 1 result (your post in this thread). Basic Search: Laree and frizzle and eggs: 83 results Advanced Search: ): UN: LareePQG/ posts only: frizzle AND eggs 13 results Advanced Search: UN: LareePQG/full text/posts: frizzle and eggs: 1495 results Advanced Search: UN: LareePQG/entire site/full text: 71 results

 

[tazcat70]

Ahhhhh Ok, I thought that the + and AND were interchangeable....

 

[ivan3]

Taz, it depends on engine and implementation for the end user (kinda like bbcode - keep the end user from futzing with the Site code but allow some formatting options - differ by site). Just try different combinations:" ", AND, OR, NOT, *.*.

ed:clarity

 

[tazcat70]

Thanks Ivan! I appreciate it. I was beginning to get a complex.