Frustrating: Search not finding stuff I know is there...

[EricP]

Not infrequently I search something like “TDC” (in this case a brand name) and no results come back. I KNOW “TDC” is all over the place. Am I doing something wrong or is the search too short? If so, can that be changed?

[Keith Carter]

I haven't been involved with the forum software or even used the forums that much recently, but you need to add more criteria to the search. TDC is a bit vague so maybe add other words that were in the thread. "TDC oil pump" helps narrow in your search. You could also go into the advanced option if you know who started or was involved in the thread.

[Jon Jeffords]

Likewise, the search feature does not find anything when searching for "DB-1", but it does when searching "Swift DB-1."

[EricP]

I haven't been involved with the forum software or even used the forums that much recently, but you need to add more criteria to the search. TDC is a bit vague so maybe add other words that were in the thread. "TDC oil pump" helps narrow in your search. You could also go into the advanced option if you know who started or was involved in the thread.

I understand that but like the example above, if I’m searching for something “DB-1” not everyone posts “”Swift DB-1” so l’ll miss all the “DB-1” posts. In my case today I searched “TDC pan” and returned nothing. Conversely, I searched “TDC sump” and got every post that had “sump” in it. I’m not complaining really, I’m just glad to know I’m not using the search function wrong (aside from not entering enough words). That said, if something could be added in the advanced search, that would be nice...

[Teuobk]

A work-around is to use the advanced search options on Google to find stuff here.

For example, to find all TDC topics, do this search on Google:

site:apexspeed.com tdc

Jeff

[EricP]

A work-around is to use the advanced search options on Google to find stuff here.

For example, to find all TDC topics, do this search on Google:

site:apexspeed.com tdc

Jeff

Brilliant and simple! (I feel silly for not thinking of it...) Thx Jeff!

[dc]

There is a simple reason for limiting the 3 letter words and smaller—the load that a search like that puts on our server from a forum this large is astronomical. No, it's not ideal to not be able to search things like DB1, but the server couldn't handle the load of results if someone searched something like the word "car."

I wish we could make it more effective, but the restrictions are there to keep the server from having a complete meltdown.