+Larry Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, but I frequently don't get good search results here at AA. Let's say that I was interested in seeing if there is information about "Push It!" (as mentioned in a recent Atari 8-bit thread). Even though I use quotes, I get back lots of results with only PUSH, PUSHING, PUSHED, etc. I'm only interested in the complete quoted phrase. Isn't that the way a search with quotes normally is supposed to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 You're not the only one, I've torn my hair out trying to find a thread that I know the title of, but the search never seems to find much of what I'm looking for, so if anyone else knows a better way please help ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I was thinking that just yesterday. I've long since found it generally better to either pick a single unique word in a search, select the This forum option and sort any results by date OR simply use Google but prefix the search words with AtariAge. Latter works a treat most of the time. The quote method in AA's search function never really works for me. Google is just a click away and then usually you get want you need in it's results and you are on the AA page in question within seconds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Yep, I find searching on here hard work, as said, quotes should mask a lot out but even after using regular expressions I still find it daunting.. I do still search, but sometimes it's easier just to ask, which I know is lazy, but I have enough real world headaches as it is. Edited June 20, 2022 by Mclaneinc spelling as always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 This seems to be a problem on all the other forums I use too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 'fuzzy search' should be selectable, not default - for those of us who know what we're looking for and can spell it properly, it creates too much chaff to sift through 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 24 minutes ago, youxia said: This seems to be a problem on all the other forums I use too. I'd imagine it is a standard WordPress search plugin used for a lot of forums - including AA. Ah well - Google gets around it for me - more or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: I'd imagine it is a standard WordPress search plugin used for a lot of forums - including AA. Ah well - Google gets around it for me A lot of companies are like that too, you go on their site, search for a product and get no results. Go to Google, put the same search, even without the company name and bingo, you find the item and it's on that same companies site Hands up anyone who uses Bing ? Edited June 20, 2022 by TGB1718 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) That will be a low set of hands.. I alternate between Duck Duck go and Google Edited June 20, 2022 by Mclaneinc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 People being proud of using Google in 2022 sound really quaint... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Instead of just adding atariage to your google search, you can also use "site:atariage.com" to limit your search. "filetype:zip" or "filetype:pdf" can be helpful, too. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 3 hours ago, ivop said: Instead of just adding atariage to your google search, you can also use "site:atariage.com" to limit your search. "filetype:zip" or "filetype:pdf" can be helpful, too. So, just insert the Google search term followed by "site:atariage.com"? Is that right? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) yes - without the quotes tho it works for any site look up "search modifiers" - theres a few of them for various purposes. the one for finding documents is also useful Edited June 20, 2022 by xrbrevin syntax error at line 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I've given up trying to search through AA using the built-in forum search except for the most basic of stuff. I have much better luck using Google's Advanced search. I go there, go down to the site or domain field to narrow the search and enter the url for the forum I want to search, assuming I don't want to search the whole site, then enter the search criteria, and BOOM, there's my results. That's not to say I always get great results, but I usually have much better results than searching through the built-in search. Your mileage may vary. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Beeblebrox said: I've long since found it generally better to either pick a single unique word in a search, select the This forum option and sort any results by date OR simply use Google but prefix the search words with AtariAge. Latter works a treat most of the time. Both of these are exactly the tactics I employ. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Spanish Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I just google it. Usually show up in the top 5. Much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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