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DIRTYBUBBLE
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Is so pitifully bad. I'll type in a very specific set of words, and get nothing even remotely close to what I'm searching for. Everyone always says "use the searchbar" whenever a repost shows up, but the searchbar is so useless that it won't yield any results.
Jul 23 2015 6:12PM
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Mingg
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Try google and then adding newschoolers at the end. Usually that brings up some good results.

It would be cool to see a search bar for each forum/section. Like to have a way to search just SG or NSG or M&A. I don't use the BST forums but I could see that being really useful if you wanted to find a specific item faster. I'd imagine that isn't easy to add but it would be cool to see.
Aug 5 2015 8:54PM
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eheath
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MinggTry google and then adding newschoolers at the end. Usually that brings up some good results.

It would be cool to see a search bar for each forum/section. Like to have a way to search just SG or NSG or M&A. I don't use the BST forums but I could see that being really useful if you wanted to find a specific item faster. I'd imagine that isn't easy to add but it would be cool to see.


The best way to do this is type "site:newschoolers.com" first, then type your keyword, google will only search for your keyword on a newschoolers.com page.

As for fixing the search bar, its tough, I will keep saying this but just go to google, type the site prefix, its the best way to search ns hand down. Don't hold your breath over a new searchbar, there are a million other things that will get fixed/added first.
Aug 6 2015 7:38PM
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shin-bang
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eheathThe best way to do this is type "site:newschoolers.com" first, then type your keyword, google will only search for your keyword on a newschoolers.com page.

As for fixing the search bar, its tough, I will keep saying this but just go to google, type the site prefix, its the best way to search ns hand down. Don't hold your breath over a new searchbar, there are a million other things that will get fixed/added first.


Thanks babe
Aug 7 2015 1:19AM
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Mr.Bishop
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THEDIRTYBUBBLEIs so pitifully bad. I'll type in a very specific set of words, and get nothing even remotely close to what I'm searching for. Everyone always says "use the searchbar" whenever a repost shows up, but the searchbar is so useless that it won't yield any results.


Its a really huge issue that we have known about for a long time. The main problem is the site was engineered so long ago that the data wasn't structured properly for how it works today.

We have just made some backend changes that will assist us in eventually addressing this, but it will still take some time.

As eHeath said, right now your best option is just to use google.
Aug 7 2015 3:03PM
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