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    #1

    Search doesn't work so well.......



    I know people always get on Noobs for asking about things already covered, but the search has never really worked well and I don't understand. Jordan, do you know why?

    It only seems to turn up recent threads. For us more vintage R3Vers, we can remember threads and not find them again.

    Like myself, I wanted to see the post introducing e9nine's new wheels, and I remember "sneakers" being in the title......but no results.

    but alas......http://www.r3vlimited.com/phpBB2/vie...831&highlight=
    "e9nine's e30 gets new sneakers"

    and I couldn't find the thread for installign an euro plate filler, but alas: http://www.r3vlimited.com/phpBB2/vie...473&highlight=
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    #2
    Vintage R3v? It's like 3 months old :)

    The best thing to do is use very specific terms for the search. i.e., If you want to find info on a 173 Jim Conforti chip, search for "173 Jim Conforti" and not just "chip".

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      #3
      Originally posted by Digitalwave
      Vintage R3v? It's like 3 months old :)

      The best thing to do is use very specific terms for the search. i.e., If you want to find info on a 173 Jim Conforti chip, search for "173 Jim Conforti" and not just "chip".
      Alright, 3 months....but I remember like 80% of the posts then. And it is annoying when I can't find them again.

      And that way still won't work very well, at least not for the e9nine BBS RZ wheels thread. I dunno. The only way I found it was going through 20 pages of e9nine's posts. :roll:

      :?

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        #4
        I think some stuff was lost when it switched servers a while back. Or whaterver happened when I lost all my PM and stuff.

        Use the AND to get more specific searches.

        It works fine for me. But what I said above seems to be the case with it sometimes.

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          #5
          I agree that it doesn't work all that great, not many board's searches do though.

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            #6
            You just need to know how to use it. You have to be specific and concise. Dont use words you dont want to show up etc.
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              #7
              It's not that bad. If you are looking for a recent thread and search intelligently, it will come up. It's just the threads way back in the annals of history (like 2 months ago) that are difficult to dig up. :?

              Kids, if all else fails, just repost the question, be called a newbie, and get someone to post the link to the old thread. :P

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