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MSE_Martin
MSE_Martin Posts: 8,268 Money Saving Expert
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in Site feedback and Forum Help
What's been done and why?

Many have told me finding the right article on the main site is tough. The techies have had a go at improving the search. This is the main site search (located at the very top of the page in the graphical header) not the forum search....

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I'd like MoneySavers to give it a try then come back here to leave feedback.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KEEP THIS TO THE MAIN SITE NOT CHAT FORUM SEARCH :)
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  • electron_3
    electron_3 Posts: 439 Forumite
    Can we have a search criteria for 3 characters as in techie there are
    quite a few searches that rely on it,

    Like MSN, CRT, TFT, VPN, CPU, you get the sort of thing I mean when a search
    is sometimes done like using a search like this some searches dont see the 3 character
    word so is it possible to lower the search criteria to a 3 character field. :)
  • Mandles
    Mandles Posts: 4,121 Forumite
    It seems better as before it was so confusing that i never bothered searching main site. Now its much clearer. Like the "20 articles" (example) that you can click for results. Much simpler and clearer.Thanks
  • sra
    sra Posts: 4,667 Forumite
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    I think it's improved a lot :)

    When you get to the results page and click Chat Forum Search, would it be better to return posts that contain the keyword rather than just thread titles?

    It might be just my own personal preference, but when I want to search for something on the forum I go immediately into Advanced Search and click to return posts.
  • iwanttosave_2
    iwanttosave_2 Posts: 34,292 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    electron wrote:
    Can we have a search criteria for 3 characters as in techie there are
    quite a few searches that rely on it,

    Like MSN, CRT, TFT, VPN, CPU, you get the sort of thing I mean when a search
    is sometimes done like using a search like this some searches dont see the 3 character
    word so is it possible to lower the search criteria to a 3 character field. :)

    I definatly second that, I had to start a new thread the other day for help with and avi file, which I could have found out easily had the serch function allowed me to
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  • Poppycat
    Poppycat Posts: 19,899 Forumite
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    I 3rd that, I think 3 letters would help as I too often are prevented for searching a 3 letter words :) Thanks
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Much much better. I just searched for 'SKY' on the main site and got loads of pertinent results.

    Only one small issue I do have is that after doing a search and getting the results page up, I then couldn't use the back button to go back to the previous page, as it was just the same results page that kept loading.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • walsgravematt
    walsgravematt Posts: 301 Forumite
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    I 4th it - was looking for both sky and ntl the other day and neither could be found through search - had to look through stuff for ages

    thanks

    WM
    Smile - life's good !
  • electron_3
    electron_3 Posts: 439 Forumite
    Lol, I posted something that made sense :)
  • amazon_spice
    amazon_spice Posts: 1,639 Forumite
    Much better. I'm finding known posts now that weren't being retrieved b4.

    Ta muchly :)
  • tigermatt
    tigermatt Posts: 1,924 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just used the new site search to find out about a credit card for a relative. I found it was much quicker and returned more relevant results than before. Thanks! ;):)
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