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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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short searching words

Here is what happens when you try to search for threads on cv joint issues. The search filter should really let that one thru. No one types out constant velocity joints!

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search: cv
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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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try using a google search. you can use as short of words as you'd like.

example:
in google search box: 'site:evolutionm.net cv joint'

results of above search
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 06:25 AM
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^ good thinking
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 08:04 AM
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For site feedback...I think that maybe they should eliminate the feature where it won't let you search for short words.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by twardnw
try using a google search. you can use as short of words as you'd like.

example:
in google search box: 'site:evolutionm.net cv joint'

results of above search

^^That's what I do.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 09:03 AM
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You can put an asterisk before the word, after the word, or both. That works for me when I search for 'P2' or something similar. I just did it with 'cv', though, and came up with a whole bunch of stuff. So, it's not perfect, but it works.
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by dudical26
For site feedback...I think that maybe they should eliminate the feature where it won't let you search for short words.
The problem is that you get searches for words like Evo, IX, MR, etc which end up getting 10,000+ hits. It's a lot of demand on the servers to sort through and index those types of searches.
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Old Jul 5, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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Showing results 1 to 25 of 9989
Search took 5.54 seconds. Search: Key Word(s): bov


We need to have a block list.
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