Fixing Search Problem with "Big Rip

[phinds]

I just tried a search on "big rip", which I KNOW there have been posts on but the search engine gives me zero results, complaining that both words are too short/common. But I put it in quotes so it is a PHRASE that should not be too short. Can this be fixed?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Search has always stunk. Use the "Search PF via Google".

 

[phinds]

OK, thanks.

 

[mfb]

But I put it in quotes so it is a PHRASE that should not be too short.

The words don't get added to the search index, there is no way they could be found as a phrase without a (really time-consuming) full-text search.

 

[phinds]

The words don't get added to the search index, there is no way they could be found as a phrase without a (really time-consuming) full-text search.

What you say makes sense, but "Search PF via Google" must then do a full text search and it gave results almost immediately

 

[jtbell]

Google has a lot more server "horsepower" than we do. And their search algorithms are surely more sophisticated than vBulletin's.

 

[mfb]

Google has a better search index (and more computing power, of course) than vBulletin (and the forum server) - and they do use an index.