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    Irrelevant search results...

    I admit I may not be the most knowledgeable person when it comes to forums, but is anyone else getting irrelevant results from their searches? For example, when I search Mary Elizabeth Winstead I get 5 pages worth of results when all I want is 1 thread (and yes, she does have a thread). I miss the old forum where I would get the thread I wanted instead digging through multiple pages to find it. Am I doing something wrong here?
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    Re: Irrelevant search results...

    You are giving the SEARCH too much information.
    I just searched "Winstead" and got two results.
    Use the minimum as long as the search request is at least 4 characters long

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    Re: Irrelevant search results...

    Apparently the AND function doesn't work like it did before. I don't know if there are any other operators that function with this software -- that would help. You can get better results using the Advanced Search, especially if you specify Titles Only, not Posts.
    Last edited by Cheshire Cat; May 31st, 2011 at 09:06 PM.

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    Re: Irrelevant search results...

    also remember that one can search by thread title only and not search all posts.

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