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03-04-2021, 06:40 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Massachusettes
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Is It Just Me With The Search Button?
Before I ask any questions or recommendations on this forum I like to use the search button first. I feel that almost every question has been asked and answered at least a dozen different ways.
So here lies my problem. When I enter something as simple as Window Replacement or Refrigerator Replacement in the search bar. I get results for threads for Tires, Low Coolant Lights, Are there any Vespa owners here, I need an electrician, everything but what I'm searching for.
What am I doing wrong?
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03-04-2021, 06:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Western NY
Posts: 6,149
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AttilaKara72
Before I ask any questions or recommendations on this forum I like to use the search button first. I feel that almost every question has been asked and answered at least a dozen different ways.
So here lies my problem. When I enter something as simple as Window Replacement or Refrigerator Replacement in the search bar. I get results for threads for Tires, Low Coolant Lights, Are there any Vespa owners here, I need an electrician, everything but what I'm searching for.
What am I doing wrong?
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Use the Google search bar and search iRV2... works much better than the built in forum search tool.
You can also just go to Google and start any search with "iRV2:" and add your search terms. Any related irv2 finds will be .isted first with others after.
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03-04-2021, 06:47 AM
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Registered User
Newmar Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner Freightliner Owners Club Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Rosemary Farm, Northern Ca
Posts: 5,444
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AttilaKara72
Before I ask any questions or recommendations on this forum I like to use the search button first. I feel that almost every question has been asked and answered at least a dozen different ways.
So here lies my problem. When I enter something as simple as Window Replacement or Refrigerator Replacement in the search bar. I get results for threads for Tires, Low Coolant Lights, Are there any Vespa owners here, I need an electrician, everything but what I'm searching for.
What am I doing wrong?
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under the search bar there are two buttons - one for the forum, one for google. Could that be it? I get some odd-ball results too but usually find what I’m after fairly easily.
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03-04-2021, 07:03 AM
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Community Administrator
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 53,540
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I use this one with the irv2 button selected. Our search engine is only as good as the titles of threads. We are constantly changing these titles when we see them to improve the situation.
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03-04-2021, 07:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,852
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being able to target your search is important. I have an Alpine Coach. When I search, I like to use google and specify that the search is in the Alpine Coach Forum. I right click on the Alpine coach Forum link, then paste that in my tool bat. Follow that with a colon and what you are searching for. quotation marks before and after your search terms means you only get items that have all of the terms in your search message. The results are tailored to the order of the search terms. Maybe instead of writing "fix my broken water heater" you might write "water heater broken fix". Here is an example string:
search how to: https://www.irv2.com/forums/f104/
found this: https://www.irv2.com/forums/f104/sea...um-520604.html
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03-04-2021, 07:15 AM
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Community Administrator
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 21,517
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The other option is to click on the Search link and select Advanced Search. There you can specify search terms, posts by a particular member, a specific forum (or multiple forums by Ctrl-Click), date range, etc.
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03-04-2021, 07:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,186
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CLIFFTALL
I use this one with the irv2 button selected. Our search engine is only as good as the titles of threads. We are constantly changing these titles when we see them to improve the situation.
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Originally Posted by Lt Dan
The other option is to click on the Search link and select Advanced Search. There you can specify search terms, posts by a particular member, a specific forum (or multiple forums by Ctrl-Click), date range, etc.
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The search Lt Dan mentioned is right below and to the right of
the search window CLIFFTALL showed. You can select titles or
if it's just mentioned in a post.
Also at the bottom of a page there is a window titled similar
threads.
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03-04-2021, 02:53 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Braidwood Il.
Posts: 8,300
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Search in phone android app gives me bogus results. PC works fine.
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