FORUM SEARCH..... DO YOU USE IT???

[rich83]

As above... please vote. 


Rich

[stealthwolf]

Yes but in the past I have found it so poor that I prefer to do google searches of the site. If it was made better (even having a custom google search built in) I'd use it more.

[rich83]

Yes but in the past I have found it so poor that I prefer to do google searches of the site. If it was made better (even having a custom google search built in) I'd use it more.

We are going to try and work on that. 

We would rather have the search function local rather than google as it always looks a mess (even though yes it is the best)

[lukemk5gti]

Yes but in the past I have found it so poor that I prefer to do google searches of the site. If it was made better (even having a custom google search built in) I'd use it more.

Have to agree. If I write a topic say "handle replacement" or whatever and then want to return to it later I should just be able to type in "handle replacement" in the search and it be the top hit, but instead it's gone forever and you need to search through hundreds of posts.

If you could update the search to priorities the areas that you have created or commented in to show first.

Also it seems like the search button treats both the title and the contents of a post the same. If I search "door window change" I should get a search with the topic most related to "door window change" but instead I will get a post with those words used more often. Subject title should be given priority over contents.

[Hedge]

Every time I need to search for DV or GTI I use both forms of search.

Even better though just start a new thread and everyone will supply the info and it saves searching...  

[rich83]

Yes but in the past I have found it so poor that I prefer to do google searches of the site. If it was made better (even having a custom google search built in) I'd use it more.

Have to agree. If I write a topic say "handle replacement" or whatever and then want to return to it later I should just be able to type in "handle replacement" in the search and it be the top hit, but instead it's gone forever and you need to search through hundreds of posts.

If you could update the search to priorities the areas that you have created or commented in to show first.

Also it seems like the search button treats both the title and the contents of a post the same. If I search "door window change" I should get a search with the topic most related to "door window change" but instead I will get a post with those words used more often. Subject title should be given priority over contents.

Thats when you would use advance search...

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=search;advanced;search=

[warby]

No, I just google it and it directs me here. Tapatalk is sh*te for searches I find. Oh and I can't vote with it either...

[Spankiee]

Yeah I google it also

[MC71]

Usually try on here first and then (of no lick) i google it only to be returned here to the exact thread I was looking for in the first place.

[Jonneh]

I tried doing a search last night for some Idle issues my car was having and it didn't really work. So I did as the others have said and googled it instead, came back to the forum with the results and found what I was looking for!

So it could be better, but it is the first time I haven't found what I was looking for with the search.

[usmangti]

I use advanced mainly because Normal brings up too many very old threads and its too vague!

[scopes]

Only if i need the most recent rev dv 

[rich83]

Thanks for your input.

I am trying (on the test forum) to re-build a search index to see if it makes any difference.

[SRC]

Thanks for all the work you do on here.  It really is appreciated by the silent majority.

Sorry about the odd one...

Even better though just start a new thread and everyone will supply the info and it saves searching...  

[stealthwolf]

Thanks for all the work you do on here.  It really is appreciated by the silent majority.

Hear hear!