crazygrl

Is anyone else having troubles with forum searches not returning any results of posts past May of 2014?
I personally have posted under United States, tagged it Hawaii, and when I didn't see my own post coming back in the search results lists, I realized something was up. I checked "search full topic and replies" (my search term was "Outrigger") and searched from today to one year back. I started my topic on Dec 30, 2014 and last replied to it today, so it should have been returned in the search results list, but the last result is dated May 2014.

Prettttty sure this is operator error, but I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong for the life of me!

I can see my post and all replies under recent activity etc., but the problem is it is never returned in my searches. This has led me to realize that none of my searches are returning recent posts search results. And I don't want to ask a lot of questions about things that have already been answered in the forums, but if I don't see the recent search results returned, then how can I know the topic has already been addressed?

GRRRRRR.......

obxgirl

It isn't operator error. Nothing after May 2104 has been indexed so the search function is useless.

J62

Google is our friend

http://www.fodors.com/community/unit...on-waikiki.cfm


Search: "site:fodors.com outrigger crazygrl"

the key is the site:fodors.com forces it to search only fodors.

crazygrl

HA! Well thanks for clearing that up. That's kind of a problem, isn't it--to have a useless search funtion?
J62 thanks for telling me how to do the searching with google.Tried it and it works lovely.

obxgirl

That's kind of a problem, isn't it--to have a useless search funtion?

Ha. You are right.

Thanks for the tip J62.

suze

Often I do use Google instead. It often brings me back to my own posts (!!) on Fodor's or Trip Advisor.

NewbE

Very annoying, as it was reported months ago and reiterated a couple of times on this thread in Forums Help:
http://www.fodors.com/community/foru...oesnt-work.cfm

suze

<I don't want to ask a lot of questions about things that have already been answered in the forums>

I wouldn't worry about that. The Hawaii forum is not that busy here. And regular participants are a mellow bunch. No one would mind a repeat question.

Nepheline

Count me in as someone else thanking J62 for the tip. I search for (and find) everything using Google, but never knew how to narrow the search.
Thank you!
Gail