Search before u post? DUH!

[jack_the_ripper]

hi guys,

well im really getting irritated with the search thing here! few days back i just read an article about "Computer Desk and Chair" here on digit under QnA section... i found it interesting and decided to buy a chair with the specifications mentioned in the thread... i dint bookmark the thread then and i tried searching it.. but when i tried searching it today the search result returned 1000 odd results with no sight of my desired thread...

i had to manually go through all the pages and find it...

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66334

can someone please tell me how to search efficiently incase im not searching it the right way?

[shady_inc]

Best is to search thru google:

site:http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/ "your search terms"

G-search is 1000000000000 times better than digit one. IMO

[jack_the_ripper]

then whats the use of search engine of the forum? and thanks for that google tip!

lol when i searched for "Computer Desk and Chair" now, its showing my thread... still no sign of "http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66334" in the search!!

[QwertyManiac]

Experiment with the quoted queries and you'll get the right results. :)

[jack_the_ripper]

^^ i've expirimented with just about all the terms! search was of NO use for me!! google helped though!

[shady_inc]

@jack_the_ripper
Don't know about the thread you wanted,but this thread is certainly topping the search results for "Computer Desk and Chair" now!!:D

[QwertyManiac]

^^ i've expirimented with just about all the terms! search was of NO use for me!! google helped though!
I was talking about Google. Of course forum search algorithms suck, unless they've made changes to it.

[jack_the_ripper]

@jack_the_ripper
Don't know about the thread you wanted,but this thread is certainly topping the search results for "Computer Desk and Chair" now!!:D

well that wont be a problem for users searching for that topic... i've included the link to that in my post! :)

@qwerty: yes, google is really good.. i cant differ with you on that!

and why is my profile pic not being shown?

[QwertyManiac]

You ought to upload it on to the Avatar field and not the Profile Picture field. By the way is it a dragon? Cause I can see your 'Profile Picture' in your Profile. But avatars are shown in posts, rather.

Your profile shows the picture:
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=26222

[jack_the_ripper]

You ought to upload it on to the Avatar field and not the Profile Picture field. By the way is it a dragon? Cause I can see your 'Profile Picture' in your Profile. But avatars are shown in posts, rather.

Your profile shows the picture:
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=26222

thanx harsh! :)

[QwertyManiac]

No problem :))

[Third Eye]

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/search.php?searchid=377089 :p

[jack_the_ripper]

@ third-eye!

thanx but no thanx!! i'll stick to google for now... :)

and 12 results for that search? few irrelevant ones also.. many infact...!