Why does the search on this forum suck?

[Ray]

Try this too http://hunting-washington.com/googsearch.htm

Yeah free is good.

[gtrplr]

I know this is a bit of an older topic but thanks Ray, the google search seems to work quite well and I really appreciate the freeness of the site! 

[6x6in6]

It would show up if it was in the subject or first message (original post of the subject). Subjects have more weight than anything. The topic of that subject is not "shaw" or "shaw island". Can you imagine trying to seach 370000 posts for the word "deer"? The first message in the topic holds some weight for searches.  Those terms were also not part of the first message.

The search feature is scoped to the board you are in. Therefore you should also consider searching from the board index or using the advanced search in most cases. Google is another option. It is not the best search feature.

When you design a better one I will download it and use it. If you want to donate for a 200 dollar a year subscription to a better and not free forum then I'll take it and apply it to something like vBulletin. I'm not holding my breath that you are going to provide a better search feature or donate the cash for that upgrade of change. The entire system is open source so have at it - if you feel like it's worth your time and efforts.

This site is not a full time job for me.  So I don't really care about some comments which are made in an abrasive manner... as if I have some work item because someone encountered a minor inconvenience. Cry me a river.

 

Never had a problem searching here.  Always found what I was looking for.