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Thread: Looking for a answer? has it been asked before? here is a tip!

Casmaran
Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:28 am
#1

SWG Message board Research tip #1:


Becasue the message board search engine is not very good and mostly bogged down with other requests here is a suggestion:


Use Google's ability to search a specific web site for what your looking for. For instance, your looking for information reguarding pistoleer. the command you would type in google will look like this: site:forums.station.sony.com "Pistoleer", the subject, in the search, in quotes, is to search for that exact phrase. Want more specific information, add more inside the quotes i.e. "Pistoleer health shot", that will look for any instance that thoes 3 word's show up the exact way and order in the message.


here are a few results of each case to show the diffrence:

site:forums.station.sony.com "Pistoleer" got results like this:

Pistoleer - Star Wars Galaxies Forums
... Login · Help, Star Wars Galaxies Forums : Professions : Pistoleer. New Message, ... The
Pistoleer Grinding Guide v1.1, 8, 8, LordMaxx, 11-02-2004 05:10 AM by LordMaxx ...
forums.station.sony.com/swg/board?board.id=pistoleer - 90k - Cached - Similarpages


Star Wars Galaxies Forums
... by Sinnaman on 11-15-2004 05:48 PM. Pistoleer The purpose of this board is
for any discussion about the pistoleer profession. 66072, ...
forums.station.sony.com/swg?category.id=professions - 80k - Nov 15, 2004 - Cached - Similarpages


site:forums.station.sony.com "Pistoleer health shot" go this:


health shot 1 and health shot 2 - Pistoleer - Star Wars Galaxies ...
... Star Wars Galaxies Forums : Professions : Pistoleer :
health shot 1 and health shot 2. ...
forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/ message?board.id=pistoleer&message.id=41256 - 101k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similarpages


Health Shot Question - Pistoleer - Star Wars Galaxies Forums
... Star Wars Galaxies Forums : Professions : Pistoleer : Health Shot Question. ...
forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/ message?board.id=pistoleer&message.id=50036 - 69k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similarpages


To narrow down a search and remove some listings you dont need find the most common word that is apart of the subject that your not interested in and put the word outside the quotes with a "-" symbol before the word you dont want as part of the search i.e. site:forums.station.sony.com "Pistoleer health shot" -"question", remember to use the quotes again to be specific. that command will search out for "pistoleer heath shot" while leaving any messages with the word "question" out of the search results.


To speed this up and make it easy I would suggest getting the google toob bar, there is a place to put your search request, then after it is a menu to choose "search web" or "search site".



*Okee (Bria)-Master Artisan - Master merchant - Novic Shipwright - marksman (0/4/0/4) - Novice Pistoleer - 4-4-4-3 Privateer Pilot
*Owe (Valcyn) Master Muscian - TK Student
*Shisshar (wanderhome) Novice BH - Master scout - Master marksman
Bonlador
Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:31 am
#2
....You could also scroll down and use the forums search function?



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Casmaran
Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:34 am
#3
hehe did you read the first line? the current search funtion works but doesnt work as well as google. the search function here is a bit clumsy, and overworked. If you cant get a search done because of server load then google is the best route.



*Okee (Bria)-Master Artisan - Master merchant - Novic Shipwright - marksman (0/4/0/4) - Novice Pistoleer - 4-4-4-3 Privateer Pilot
*Owe (Valcyn) Master Muscian - TK Student
*Shisshar (wanderhome) Novice BH - Master scout - Master marksman
Southern-Cross
Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:10 am
#4




Bonlador wrote:

....You could also scroll down and use the forums search function?






You could also learn how to read...


R.I.F.


Reading is Fundamental




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DeQuosaek
Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:26 pm
#5
This is a great tip! I too find the search funtion here (even the Advanced serach) leaves a lot to be desired. It would be very nice if they had a date range to filter the search results. Usually I'm looking for a current price on something or somerecent information.


Anyway, the search funtion of the Lithium forums could use some work.


Plus like you said, the forums often come back with the error "Too many searches in progress. Try your search again later."



Some of my pet peeve bugs:
•Armorsmith protection layers were not converted with the CU.
•Ship Details window does not close when you click "Travel" resulting in the message "You have lost the target. Closing interface."
Casmaran
Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:39 pm
#6

On another note, looking for that mssing post? Goggle archives every page that its webcrawler finds, if your lucky maby that post got caught, if so click on the link marked Cached



Combat Medic - Star Wars Galaxies Forums

... woohoo! Oops... I...did it again to your mind, 3, 3, DHorse, 10-28-2004 03:51 AM by Retrick. Spider Venom question, whats the normal loot power nowdays? ...
forums.station.sony.com/swg/ board?board.id=combat_medic&page=3 - 93k - Cached - Similarpages<--- Cached link for deleted old posting


for fun type in a phrase like I did and see if its on the board's. The search pulls from message subjects and the main body of the text. Your search query will allways be in bold in each link.




*Okee (Bria)-Master Artisan - Master merchant - Novic Shipwright - marksman (0/4/0/4) - Novice Pistoleer - 4-4-4-3 Privateer Pilot
*Owe (Valcyn) Master Muscian - TK Student
*Shisshar (wanderhome) Novice BH - Master scout - Master marksman
blacknebula
Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:41 am
#7
Thanks for the tip, i was gettin sick of the crappy results from the swg forum search, google is much better. 5 stars for you!



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