Forum Search options (and recommendations?)

[tschock]

Thanks Leon, EK. I believe this is one of the threads I was looking for (but are there others?). At the same time, for a "newbie", it isn't obvious from the title of the thread. I think the search ability similar to what pops up in the FAQ search would be much better.

The real problem is that the MORE specific you get in your search, such as "T205 Piedmont White miscut", the MORE hits you get back when the opposite should be true. I'm not sure this specific search example would produce any hits using ALL words; it's just an example. Also the more "generic" the term is, the more weeds you get when stringing (somewhat) generic terms together, such with the example above. (Similar, but to the other extreme, with "rare" terms. Searching for "1928 Yuengling" you are better off just searching for "Yuengling".)

It seems like the search engine can handle it (base on the FAQ search ability). So why not "expose" that ability for general use? My 2 cents...

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by tschock

Thanks Leon, EK. I believe this is one of the threads I was looking for (but are there others?)

There are other T205 back threads, I would search "backs" or "T205 backs", BUT that is the best thread with the latest back count given by Josh, from 22,000 T205 cards. Really gives you a great look into the rarity of each back.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by EvilKing00

BUT that is the best thread with the latest back count given by Josh, from 22,000 T205 cards. Really gives you a great look into the rarity of each back.

And that is the link I posted above. I am not sure there is any better analysis of that data anywhere.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by EvilKing00

... I would search "backs" or "T205 backs"...

EK, again, THANKS for the actual thread I was looking for.

But the problem with the search is that if I search for "T205 backs", I will get MORE hits (for threads that have "T205" OR "backs") than just searching for "backs" alone. This is counter-intuitive and not how most search engines work. So far, I've not found a way to indicate an "AND" symbol to search for posts/threads containing some/all of the words I put in the search.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by tschock

EK, again, THANKS for the actual thread I was looking for.

But the problem with the search is that if I search for "T205 backs", I will get MORE hits (for threads that have "T205" OR "backs") than just searching for "backs" alone. This is counter-intuitive and not how most search engines work. So far, I've not found a way to indicate an "AND" symbol to search for posts/threads containing some/all of the words I put in the search.

Again. Just put this in a google search engine:
site:net54baseball.com "T205 backs"

It will search all of the threads on net54baseball. It is a workaround but it works.

[tschock]

Andy, Thanks for the workaround!

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by tschock

Andy, Thanks for the workaround!

+1, thanks for the Google suggestion.. I've also had issues narrowing down my searches for past threads