[SOLVED] Search Forums: Getting an exact match for expression LINUX DISTRO.
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Search Forums: Getting an exact match for expression LINUX DISTRO.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeremy
If you want to search for an exact string, you need to place it in quotes.
Code:
"search for this string"
--jeremy
May be a new search engine has been adopted since jeremy's post, which is dated 2010/07/23. The case is that if you try (we are speaking about the subforum Linuxquestions.org> Forums> Search Forums) looking for "LINUX DISTRO" (use the double quotes when typing) you'll get instances of LINUX alone and of DISTRO alone. The same happens with "THE FILE" and, presumably with all strings of this form. Is this normal? And if so, how do I get an exact match?
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
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Some very common words ("Linux" and "the" in your case) may cause this behavior because the FULLTEXT index ignores them, but for most cases "exact string" will only return results with the exact string.
Thank you. With my two example strings it has the same behaviour. For me, the ideal would be for the engine to behave just like the search command of a text editor. However, maybe that would place too heavy a burden on the engine. Regards.
It's an annoying and frustrating behaviour I noticed in every forum. :-(
I honestly fail to see why the searching features are never implemented right.
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,597
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Doing search correctly is actually quite a bit more difficult than most people realize (and Google has set the expectation fairly high). That being said, are you seeing major issues with the http://www.androidquestions.org/ search, which fixes a significant number of deficiencies in the current LQ search.
Doing search correctly is actually quite a bit more difficult than most people realize (and Google has set the expectation fairly high).
By "Doing search" do you believe jeremy is meaning writing a search engine? Or using the search engine to find RECIPE COOKIES? The context "Google has set ..." seems to demand the first interpretation. But really "Doing search" is what the user does!
Thank you very much. To follow the thread, put "WLCOM AMERICA" (using the quotes) in Google and you'll see only instances of 'WELCOME AMERICA'. So, to ask the engine to look for the exact wording seems to demand a lot. That is, either the engine would have to be a highly sofisticated one, so sofisticated it would take millions of man-hours to design, or the search would take millions of years or both.
But I rather think they do it on purpose, with the intention of facilitating the user labor. I do not know, for they expressly put 'Did you mean: wilcom america?'.
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