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Priuschat search sucks

Discussion in 'PriusChat Website Questions' started by cproaudio, Jul 2, 2016.

  1. cproaudio

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    How do I default the search result to most recent instead of relevance? I searched "Tesla" titles only and the first result is a thread started and ended in 2008. Almost all the results are at least a year old.
     
    #1 cproaudio, Jul 2, 2016
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    Just above the search button, there is the choice of most recent, most replies, and relevance.
    Doesn't seem you can change it on the search results page.
     
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    more = advanced search.
     
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    Or try Google's site search option, with a search string such as:
    site(colon)priuschat.com tesla
    [replace (colon) with a colon, have to post it like that otherwise you get a smiley]
    You can then refine the results using the standard Google tools such as past month, past week, etc.
     
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  6. cproaudio

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    That's what I always have to do and it's a pain in the arse. There's already a search box at the top of the page. I want to be able to use that search and default to most recent instead of relevance.

    I'm seeing a few users resurrecting old threads. Kudos to them for using the search function. Shame on Priuschat for digging up ancient thread and post them as top result.
     
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  7. ETP

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    You also need to use to broad general forum search and not a specific sub forum. Have that issue all the time.

    Was able to locate the Prius Continental thread doing this.
     
    #7 ETP, Jul 27, 2016
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    I usually just use google, begin the search text with "priuschat". Much better odds of finding what you're looking for.
     
    #8 Mendel Leisk, Aug 16, 2016
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  9. ETP

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    Did a search for recall air bags this morning and
    couldnt find the correct airbag thread
     
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    I know this is from over the summer, but I changed some of the parameters for the search engine today. It's still set to relevancy, but I've enabled recency weighted relevant searching. Now relevance-based searches will take document recency into account and provide more weight to more recent documents (threads).
     
    #10 Danny, Oct 6, 2016
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