Posted: 8/20/2008 6:21:14 PM EDT
| This forum is awesome and has great info. But what is up with the search function? It really sucks compared to searches on other forums. It seems almost impossible to perform any kind of meaningful search. |
$24 a year buys you all the perks... plus enters you into drawings for free firearms. |
You need to learn how to use the search function. Also people need to use better thread titles. |
So, there's some super secret method to the Arfcom search function that makes it different then all others? |
WTF were you searching for? 
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This does not encourage us freeloaders to pay up to access the search feature. |
WTF common. Good example. I've had best results with single word searches that are relevant to the interest at hand. Two words or more just don't work as well and that requires looking through thread titles to see if it's what I might be looking for. Variations of the word and synonyms might turn it up as well. Mangled spelling and thread titles don't help. Example for Colt Gold cup national match trophy might be a bunch of searches for Colt, gold, gold cup, cup, trophy, gcnm, match, national match... you get the idea. It's up to you figure out what is the most relevant word and narrow down results from there until you find what you want. Yeah it's a pain, but it works. Most of the time, usually. |
This. I re-read "Most overlooked survival weapon ever?" constantly, wondering what this must-have gadget is. If this subject was "Slingshot: Most overlooked survival weapon ever?" I wouldn't have read past the first post. Oh, and everyone replying "pay to play": the search function isn't worth even a Bronze membership :-P -WhyTanFox, google.com/search?q=site:ar15.com+your search terms here |