help with keyword search

[zapdafish]

I am trying to do a search for raleigh saw and the only keyword it is searching on is Raleigh. How do I tell it to search on more than one keyword?

I've tried the following
raleigh saw
raleigh, saw
+raleigh +saw

and each time it just says the keyword is raleigh. I am not seeing anything under advanced search either where I can say require all words or something like that.

Mainly wanting to double check that people are happy with them.

thnx

 

[Bas]

Try searching for "Raleigh saw", INCLUDING the quotes. Without the quotes, the software will search for each keyword individually, and guess what - we have thousands and thousands of posts that include the word 'saw', so it's dropped.
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[zapdafish]

thnx, that did it
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[sushinutnc]

I'm expanding on Bas' reply in case anyone needs help getting better search results. I just posted some search results for someone who could have done the search himself, but I'm well aware that this forum's user base likely has a wwwwwiiiiiddddddeeeeee array of computer skill levels. So I thought others might find this useful.

Using the quotes means search for this exact phrase. This works in many (but not all) search functions across the Internet, including Google. I'm surprised at how few people know about this feature. I RARELY use Google without including a phrase with quotes. It can greatly increase the accuracy of the returned results (although Google's recent changes, including the Google Instant feature make this helpful tip less essential than it used to be).

For future reference for anyone needing help with special syntax for forum searches:

Fulltext Boolean Search Operators and Syntax for vBulletin

(This assumes this board uses all these features... I didn't test. Hope it's fully accurate).
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[froglips]

Mike, thanks for sharing that great tip!

I've gone ahead and made it into one of our helper docs.

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=35423

Now if only I could get it to search for my car key, TV remote and pot of gold.....

Jim
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