How to get the best out of the search feature here...

[TMK-001]

Anyone have any suggestions? I cant seem to get it to show results that are more specific than displaying a huge percent of the threads here...

Any one have any tips?

[Pinepig]

Keep the search to two key words and put an " AND " between the two, cuts down on a lotta crap.

There is the other option of just reading all of them, I know there is alot of bullshit thrown in, but ocasionally there is a gem tucked into a thread that you would NEVER find with the search.

[TMK-001]

Cheers... any more ideas from others?

[steve k.]

make sure to select "search for all items" words under 3 characters will be ignored.

steve k.

[Biscuit3]

I assume you are checking for your name to see what I've been saying about you. Good idea, Toddious. Make sure you check for other names such as:

1) Lobster

2) Drongo

3) Moron

[TMK-001]

No I was looking for more details about purchasing new roof lining. This is a 2002 forum, not a site where you sell your underwear.

[Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo]

Enough!

The pair of you, cut this shit out!

I don't care who started it, who said what about who's mother/brother or any other sucker, this is a waste of one of the best car resources that exists and I'm sick of seeing this petty, juvenile bullshit take away bandwidth, waste the administrators time, and clog the search function.

I'm not going to read through back posts and see who said what, your both adults (allegedly), and should be mature enough to ignore someone and walkaway.

here endeth thy rant.

[TMK-001]

Thanks for the advise Andrew.

So, anyone else got tips for optimising the search function here? This was the reason I posted - with no other sinister reason that to help myself and others when undergoing forum searches.

Todd

[02Les]

I seem to be in the same boat.

Whatever I search for, the greatest percentage of posts have nothing to do with what i'm looking for.

There has to be an answer!

[steve k.]

can you give me an example of your search?

steve k.

[esty]

steve, try this...i did a search for "ebay search" and this is what i get ...i have never been able to find an old post or thread using the forum search...all i get is current stuff that has nothing to do with what i searched for...

in this case, i was looking for a thread started by blunt a couple of months ago where he ask'd about the 2002 parts search string used on ebay...i answered by providing him with the string i used...

i lost my bookmark and wanted to go there and copy it for myself, to no avail using the forum search

i typed in ebay search and told it to search for all posts in all forums and you can see the results....the additional pages are the same stuff, more of the same that don't relate to my query

search has never work'd for me

PS.....if anyone has that search string i posted for blunt, i'd appreciate it if you'd post it for me

[02Les]

Sorry Steve, I went out for a gallon of amber nectar and just got back. Esty has summed it up though.

[Pinepig]

I typed in " ebay and search " it was the 9th one down. You have to put the and in the middle of your terms to get the search to work at ALL.

Got any more?

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,276214/highlight,ebay+search/

[esty]

I typed in " ebay and search " it was the 9th one down. You have to put the and in the middle of your terms to get the search to work at ALL.

Got any more?

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,276214/highlight,ebay+search/

i was unaware you had to seperate the words with and....thanks a lot for that link

[steve k.]

i tried a couple different searches with the same results.

158 results in descending order by date.

first search was for ebay search , Search for all item, Posts

second search ebay and search , Search for all item, Posts

Searching threads reports 130 threads

I have rendomly looked at a few posts and all of them contained words ebay and search.

steve k.