WraithTDK Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 I feel like I must be missing something, but searching for things never returns results. For example, I searched for "Neo Geo Search" (as seen in the attachment), and it came back with nothing. Yet when I search through Google, I get this, which is exactly what I'm looking for. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 20 minutes ago, WraithTDK said: I feel like I must be missing something, but searching for things never returns results. For example, I searched for "Neo Geo Search" (as seen in the attachment), and it came back with nothing. Yet when I search through Google, I get this, which is exactly what I'm looking for. Am I missing something? Welp, the forums software is what handles this, so I don't have the source code for it. I've noticed that other searches seem to be working fine, but I have no idea why SNK Neo Geo isn't coming up with anything. Sorry for the trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WraithTDK Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 hmmm. This is really weird. You're right, I searched for "Nintendo" I get results. I search for "Play Station" I get results. But none of these words get any results, searched single or in combination: SNK Neo Geo AES MVS Seems like some weird kind of filter is in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spycat Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 It seems to pull results if you omit the space between Neo and Geo and use NeoGeo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WraithTDK Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Weird. Particularly since this has the space. Also doesn't explain AES/MVS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WraithTDK Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 FIGURED IT OUT! It's the length. The search function ignores anything under four characters. Job, bob, cat, dog, no results. So Neo, Geo, AES, MVS - all three-letter words. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Well that's dumb, but I guess we get to live with it. Probably how it's designed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 27 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: Well that's dumb, but I guess we get to live with it. Probably how it's designed. I've seen this on other sites using different forum software as well. Mostly like to help prevent overwhelming the backend with possible massive results that could result from using such small search terms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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