mp413

It has happened before that I post a question and can't find it later on, so I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong. Today I posted a thread asking about how to get from Prague to Venice, and I have searched for it using the keywords "venice," "prague," and "cheapest" and can't find it!! I have specified a search topic and not specified, and it doesn't come up. ANyone had this happen before?

Spygirl

Just click on your name, mp. It's there.

Melnq8

Your thread is still there - I just checked. Just click on your name at the top of this post and it will list all threads you've posted or replied to.

mp413

Thanks guys! But why does it not come up when I do a search for Venice?

Melnq8

I have no idea - I can't find it by typing in Venice or Prague. Maybe you should direct your question to Fodor's.

caroline_edinburgh

I've found the same thing - using keywords to look for previous threads to which I've contributed often doesn't seem to work. For example I've mentioned Martin Wishart's restaurant in at least 2 lists of Edinburgh restaurant recommendations, but when I search on 'Wishart' I can only find one. When I searched earlier today on 'dalek' for a list of pubs I recommended in Manchester, it didn't find it; but I then found it by searching on 'Manchester'.

Fodor's editors ?

I've now stuck my oar in on too many threads to look at them all !!

elaine

After years, the Search function remains a mystery to me. Sometimes I find threads with keywords, sometimes I don't. Sometimes it works if I choose a country link in the little box; sometimes that doesn't matter.

111op

My guess is that the search only searches a sample of the posts, but I don't know.

But the search doesn't seem to search the most recent posts (in the past day, for example) -- the posts have probably not been indexed yet in the database or something.

Just my speculation.

jlm_mi

When I search just on prague I find it. It shows up as about the 5th on the list of posts that way.

Patrick

I agree with all the above comments, and it has been my experience that nothing from the past several days will come up in any search. They apparently have to index them first, and that seems to take a few days to a few weeks.

mp413

a-HA! Thanks guys, that makes sense.

wanderlust5

If you want to search and get "your" thread, put quotes around the search words, and include your screen name. For instance, a sample search for me would be "Italy" "Venice" "wanderlust5" and it will only bring up threads with those three all included. Nothing else. and that should narrow the field and my thread will show up. If you don't put quotes around the search words, you get EVERY thread with any of the words.