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12/5/2012 12:47:50 AM
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The search bar

I was going to use the search bar to see if there were any recent topics about this topic, but [i]that's the thing[/i], the search bar doesn't show anything RECENT. While looking up ANYTHING in the 'forums' search bar you don't get any results in 2012, rarely any past 2011. Most are from 2010 or before. Is there a reason for this? Am I doing it wrong? Has anyone found the same?

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  • Google is actually more accurate than the search bar, I find. And I'm not kidding. Usually typing in keywords and authors spawns a lot of relevant results.

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  • Same here. I looked up "The search bar," and one of the first results was from the Optimatch Forum. Nothing after 2 years ago.

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  • Reminds me of all the posts back when the Halo 3 forum was active and everyone posted "search bar". I personally use Google/Bing as my bungie.net search bar. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=56330523]Cryptic made a great thread[/url] on how to improve the search bar for an update. However, it also throws up some great reasoning for brainstorming. I rarely use it because other web engines are much more efficient.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Helveck Google is actually more accurate than the search bar, I find. And I'm not kidding. Usually typing in keywords and authors spawns a lot of relevant results. [/quote]It's funny that search engines are based on tags in the topic your looking for.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Helveck Google is actually more accurate than the search bar, I find. And I'm not kidding. Usually typing in keywords and authors spawns a lot of relevant results. [/quote]Huh, never thought about that. I'll do that from now on I guess. Search bar is still broken though.

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  • I have no idea why it takes so long to update. Typing in some keywords on Google works though.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Helveck Google is actually more accurate than the search bar, I find. And I'm not kidding. Usually typing in keywords and authors spawns a lot of relevant results. [/quote]Agreed. Also I find it usful using this format when searching on google: whatever you want searched site:www.bungie.net As long as you have "site:www.bungie.net" at the end it searches for anything on that domain. Probably when bungie.next is implemented the search function will be updated. Not quite sure why it's not resulting anything from 2012. [Edited on 12.04.2012 5:34 PM PST]

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  • Fix your damn game... I mean search bar, Bungie!

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  • It's not that it doesn't show anything recent, it's that it doesn't work. I can search for the exact title of a thread and that thread won't even show up, let alone be one of the first few results. ©

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  • I assume it's one of the many things to be fixed in Bungie.next.

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  • It's been useless for me too. I had not checked the date of its responses though.

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  • yep, the search bar is pretty useless. Hopefully it's something they fix for bungie.next.

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  • What they need is a search bar [i]within[/i] a thread. I mean if there is a MASSIVE thread, it get's annoying to look for that one post, the one post that made you save the damn thread.

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  • I'm assuming they'll fix it up in the next big update to the site.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] POKEY CLYDE [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Helveck Google is actually more accurate than the search bar, I find. And I'm not kidding. Usually typing in keywords and authors spawns a lot of relevant results. [/quote]Huh, never thought about that. I'll do that from now on I guess. Search bar is still broken though. [/quote] Yep. Type in bungie.net forum searchquery searchquery and you will get what you need. like bungie.net forum Stosh cat or bungie.net forum VII Toast

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  • Search function on this website has always been terrible.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] POKEY CLYDE I was going to use the search bar to see if there were any recent topics about this topic [/quote] you were trying to search to see if there were any topics about the search bar? [Edited on 12.05.2012 12:43 PM PST]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] POKEY CLYDE I was going to use the search bar to see if there were any recent topics about this topic, but [i]that's the thing[/i], the search bar doesn't show anything RECENT. While looking up ANYTHING in the 'forums' search bar you don't get any results in 2012, rarely any past 2011. Most are from 2010 or before. Is there a reason for this? Am I doing it wrong? Has anyone found the same? [/quote]Bungie is going to be launching their new website in the near future and the search will most likely be improved or completely different. Achronos has stated in the past that this feature is very important. I'm sure the web team will have a way you can search, sort, and/or filter content.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] adamj004 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] POKEY CLYDE I was going to use the search bar to see if there were any recent topics about this topic [/quote] you were trying to search to see if there were any topics about the search bar?[/quote]No, I just used irony to get a point across. Add a little humour to my post.

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  • You called?

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  • Just use google

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  • I heard Bungie nerfed the search bar, à la BR-spread style, to balance the website. Search bar spread. [Edited on 12.05.2012 9:38 PM PST]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The search_bar You called?[/quote]Surprisingly, not an account created just to troll this thread. Probably.

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  • This thread makes me want to open an alcohol-serving establishment named "The Search Bar".

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