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I really appreciate this site so no whinging from me but it would be a much more efficient resource if the search function wasn't such pants. It's terrible. There are regularly multiple posts on the competitions forum when keywords won't find previous posts and sometimes if you enter a competition more than once your entry is voided.

I'm sure there're a myriad of other occasions when this function is letting people down and that's just in my experience. There must be such a lot of extra posts being posted because of the problem so ultimately it could save on bandwidth if this problem were addressed.
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  • MSE_Martin
    MSE_Martin Posts: 8,272 Money Saving Expert
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    To be absolutely honest the Forum Search is part of Vbulletin software (the package we run the forum off) we're upgrading to the next level soon and hope it will be better. It is an off the shelf package. It's also causing a real resource drain and needs improving for that reason too.

    Yet at the moment there is little that can be done. Sorry :(

    Martin
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