Regarding search facility

neilnruth · Guru

Regarding search facility

Wanderlust · Veteran Member

Had the same problem.

Could it be that there are 12 matches for your search inside 5 topics ?

Just a thought.

Happywanderer · The Master

Its always been like that. No matter how many matches it says, you will only ever find 5. Not sure why but has never been any different that I know of.

gooba53 · Guru

I actually private messaged webmaster this week. It isn't a very sophisticated search engine, you can possibly get more if you use advanced search (to the right of search)

reglynn · Guru

I had the same problem, the only thing that i can come up with is that there is a common word in the topics that came up and the words in the search.

neilnruth · Guru

And I have found it doesn't necessarily show the most recent threads that it comes up with.

dorian · Guru

You could use Google's Advanced Search feature, or you could specify the GN web site in the search box.

For example, here are the results of a search for "single axle trailer":

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=site%3Athegreynomads.activeboard.com+%22single+axle+trailer%22

Some browsers (eg Opera) allow you to create a customised search. Google also has the facility for customised searches. In fact some web sites use Google to search their own site rather than their own server based search engine.

-- Edited by dorian on Wednesday 3rd of July 2013 09:46:06 AM

Gerty Dancer · Guru

I discovered that recently Ruth, had to go back a few pages to find what I was looking for. Frustrating. Someone suggested using google, as its capable of finding obscure stuff in many forums.