Can I use a multi-word search argument?

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sreynolds
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Can I use a multi-word search argument?

#1 Post by sreynolds » Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:19 am

Say I want to search the forum for a topic like 'Zeiss Standard RA' and not those separate words individually. Can I enter a multi-word search argument? I've tried a couple approaches using single and double quotes, wild cards, etc. but can't get it to work. Thanks.
Steve

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Re: Can I use a multi-word search argument?

#2 Post by MichaelG. » Sun Jan 08, 2023 5:42 pm

I think your problem might lie deep in this forum’s software

… I just tried a Boolean search and got this killer of a message pop up
Searched query: zeiss and standard and ra
ignored: standard zeiss and ra
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The Advanced search option should do better … but I think this ridiculous tendency to ignore the ‘common’ words will over-ride everything else.

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Re: Can I use a multi-word search argument?

#3 Post by viktor j nilsson » Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:37 pm

Search Google for:
"Zeiss Standard RA" site:microbehunter.com

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Re: Can I use a multi-word search argument?

#4 Post by sreynolds » Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:25 am

Thanks Viktor - that's an interesting approach.
Steve

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Re: Can I use a multi-word search argument?

#5 Post by Dubious » Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:12 am

Unfortunately, the site's search engine wants to ignore many search terms--needs to be fixed. But, everything on the site does seem to be indexed by Google, so using Google with the site's URL included (you don't even need to use formal syntax) works quite well.

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