To: Perseverando
This is a good place to remind everyone that, when searching under Title, just use one or two words instead of pasting the whole thing into the Search field. For example, this thread will pop-up under a Title search for "database."
Single greatest source of complaints that Search doesn't work, in my opinion.
2 posted on
04/28/2008 9:25:06 AM PDT by
1rudeboy
To: Perseverando
3 posted on
04/28/2008 9:25:34 AM PDT by
Spunky
(You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
To: Perseverando
I still find using Google to search FreeRepublic better, especially for older topics.
4 posted on
04/28/2008 9:26:42 AM PDT by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: Perseverando
Are you sure you’re logged in? :)
7 posted on
04/28/2008 9:36:02 AM PDT by
TonyInOhio
(Dedicated to the preservation of American Exceptionalism.)
To: Perseverando
Please use “Times” instead of “Slimes”, etc. Keywords and crucial. With proper keywording, FR is equivalent to a high-priced service such as Lexis-Nexis.
9 posted on
04/28/2008 9:42:10 AM PDT by
montag813
To: Perseverando
“So please, as you are reading various articles, take a look at the keywords and consider adding some of your own if the poster dropped the ball and failed to list relevant keywords.”
Thank you! Even when I wasn’t posting on FR for a couple years, I couldn’t resist adding some keywords. Many articles get posted without any. They make articles SO much easier to find later.
12 posted on
04/28/2008 9:48:28 AM PDT by
AuntB
('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
To: Perseverando
14 posted on
04/28/2008 10:01:17 AM PDT by
BOBTHENAILER
(One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do it, but we're gonna getcha)
To: John Robinson
Can you make “Titles” the first default in the search box at upper right corner instead of “keyword”?
18 posted on
04/28/2008 10:57:19 AM PDT by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: Perseverando
Somebody could do a PhD thesis or two on the database here. Two million threads with who knows how many posts of mostly opinion on each would be quite a series of cultural snapshots.
20 posted on
04/28/2008 11:02:36 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: Perseverando
When I want to search FR, I use Google.
Sometimes reality bites.
26 posted on
04/28/2008 1:48:08 PM PDT by
djf
To: Perseverando
HEARTILY AGREE!
Count me in, and BTTT.
32 posted on
04/30/2008 1:27:24 PM PDT by
HKMk23
(Only The Tribulation is a crucible sufficient to the emergence of a Bride pure enough for He Who IS.)
To: Perseverando
Surrender to the inevitable.
People will A) fail to check for duplicates, B) post in the “wrong” forum sections, C) misspell titles, D) use the minimum number (one) of topic words, E) use either zero keywords, or the maximum (four) number of useless keywords, and F) post excerpts which consist of the maximum number of words, but drawn only from the beginning of the article instead of hand-excerpting relevant stuff.
:’)
33 posted on
05/02/2008 12:35:06 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
To: Perseverando
What if the search funtion became part of the posting process. In other words, when a person puts a title in the title field, a search is automatically performed. Also I notice that duplicate posts are sometimes close together in time, so the second poster could not possible have know about the privious post.
34 posted on
05/19/2008 8:44:03 AM PDT by
Excellence
(Daughter of the American Revolution, niece of the Civil War (North).)
To: Perseverando
The problems for me with just using keywords search are the myriad different definitions of moose, cheese and sister.
35 posted on
05/19/2008 8:47:05 AM PDT by
Rebelbase
(McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
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