Bughunter Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 There seems to be a problem with the search syntax. If I search for mustang AND 1/18 as suggested by search form, it finds a lot of postings containing only mustang. and or AND are ignored. At least the help and suggestions should be fixed, to match the search engine behavior. Thanks, Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Bumped as I and having exactly the same issue. I am looking for references to the Roden B-Type Bus. If I end "Roden Bus" and click of "all search terms" option I get every reference to Roden. As with @Bughunter if I include a binary operator I get even move results as everything with and in it, The only way around this is to use the advanced search in Bing or Google to search the domain britmodeller.com - this seems to work as the link I required came up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 58 minutes ago, Paul821 said: The only way around this is to use the advanced search in Bing or Google to search the domain britmodeller.com - this seems to work as the link I required came up. I've been advising this for years, just add Britmodeller into your search term and ignore the site search. Not ideal, but it works, and I can usually find what I'm looking for. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayprit Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I will go with troy, Britmodeller search is utter rubbish, been using Google for years with Britmodeller added...….you try a search on Britmodeller for 1/72 Bristol beaufighter, you get everything 1/72, everything Bristol and everything Beaufighter and leads to a very frustrating search through your search results...………….go with what Troy and I suggest and possibly many more that will be along in a moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 To be fair, the search function on every forum I have visited has been pants. I also use Google to search forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 With most search functions you have to think of something unique to search for. Putting just Spitfire in the search will bring up farsands of results, whereas searching for a serial number (for example) will restrict the search. Also, limiting the search to an individual forum usually works better. You have to be more clever than the stupid computer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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