Husky Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Is there any way of allowing search to return requests for a string with 2 or 3 characters? it would be handy. eg. searching for a V1 spoiler oil change guide etc. Quote
Stew Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Chris'I taught me a good trick. Use google and include 350z-uk in the search! You can also use '+' and 'and' to get what include a string. Quote
Husky Posted August 18, 2009 Author Posted August 18, 2009 Chris'I taught me a good trick. Use google and include 350z-uk in the search! You can also use '+' and 'and' to get what include a string. yeah i do resort to google for 3's and 2's but its a pain and most people wont figure that out. i think it defaults to +'ing everything you type anyway Quote
Chris`I Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Is there any way of allowing search to return requests for a string with 2 or 3 characters? it would be handy. eg. searching for a V1 spoiler oil change guide etc. Unfortunately, due to technical constraints we cant allow anything under 3 characters. If you want to be a geek about it, basically it indexes all the words, so to index 2-3 char words, you can imagine would return an aweful lot to index. As Stew says, use google and include the site name, works 9 times out of 10 (they have more space and power to index 2-3 char words) Quote
Husky Posted August 18, 2009 Author Posted August 18, 2009 Is there any way of allowing search to return requests for a string with 2 or 3 characters? it would be handy. eg. searching for a V1 spoiler oil change guide etc. Unfortunately, due to technical constraints we cant allow anything under 3 characters. If you want to be a geek about it, basically it indexes all the words, so to index 2-3 char words, you can imagine would return an aweful lot to index. As Stew says, use google and include the site name, works 9 times out of 10 (they have more space and power to index 2-3 char words) cheers for the explanation fair enough. i'll just continue to google. i suppose that's why alot of sites have google powered searches. you can imagine would return an aweful lot to index. reminds me of indexing in windows xp, what a pile of cr*p that was. Quote
Chris`I Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 you can imagine would return an aweful lot to index. reminds me of indexing in windows xp, what a pile of cr*p that was. Yup, and still crap in Vista and Windows 7 Quote
Husky Posted August 18, 2009 Author Posted August 18, 2009 you can imagine would return an aweful lot to index. reminds me of indexing in windows xp, what a pile of cr*p that was. Yup, and still crap in Vista and Windows 7 i cant tell anymore, my computer is extreme overkill for everything i do so it doesnt slow it, nice to know its still as s**t as ever Quote
Chesterfield Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 It may help to know that you can search for words of less than four characters as part of a phrase. i.e. in the search box at the top you could type "oil change" (including the ""), then click the magnifying glass Same with "V1 Spoiler" Quote
Husky Posted August 18, 2009 Author Posted August 18, 2009 It may help to know that you can search for words of less than four characters as part of a phrase. i.e. in the search box at the top you could type "oil change" (including the ""), then click the magnifying glass Same with "V1 Spoiler" ah, spot on! that'll do nicely thanks Quote
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