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Search will not return results when I search for a term such as "windows" if I have it look in the past day.

Also won't return if searching the past two days.

Not even if I go back the third day.

It does, however, return results if I go back a fourth.

I guess one could say it is broken?

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It is just me, but it seems to be broken WORSE now. :(

Looked for any post I made in the past 4 days. No results, what-so-ever.

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"View my posts" isn't on the dropdown from the front page. The results show duplicate threads, if there are multiple posts, so a few active threads will fill up the first pages quickly.

Plus, I was talking about the search with the options I described of date selection and topic selection. Like if I was searching for posts on "Linux". Or "Windows".

They don't show up in the search page.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?app=core&module=search

(that's the one available in the user dropdown box on all Neowin pages, called Forum Search)

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Search engine is utterly useless...

I search for this thread:

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/871606-first-fermi-gf100-chips-named-gtx-480-and-gtx-470/

I type "Fermi 480" in the search box. Ooops... :unsure: I try just "Fermi". Nope... :unsure: I try "480". ... :unsure:

Bear in mind this is the most recent thread that has these words in its title.

As it is right now, I have not seen a forum with worse searching facilities. Perhaps it was made such on purpose to artificially decrease server load? :pinch:

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I seriously doubt it is deliberate. :p

Searching for a term that is used probably every few minutes, such as "windows", shows that it probably works up to Jan 26 or 27th.

It has just broken down. Not sure that staff even seems to be aware of this, judging by Neobond's inquiry regarding only "view my posts", which was brought up only in the post right before his.

Hopefully the staff knows about this and is working on it.

Alas, it seems that search has a long and spotty history of problems. :(

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Can any staffer at least confirm that this is a bug and will be worked on (when time permitting, I know there is a lot of work being done already).

I just really don't want this to get overlooked.

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