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Gompel
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Post by Gompel »

Hey Tammy, I agree that the search engine is not the best there is, but a good search engine is not the easiest to make.
If you type "PzIV" in the search box, I think it searches for all the exact matches in either the item name or description. PzIVD is not an exact match. Though, I agree that it should be included.
I don't think that anybody associated all the keywords to the items, that would be way too much work. It's just an automated thing.

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Post by TAMMY »

Hey Gompel. I know how a search works. But the system is not based on exact match only otherwise I woul not get "Nashorn" or "Brummbar" as an answer to Pz IV.

Work for work, I would have prefer at least a partial match instead of the answers I got. Note that the solution is very simple. It is enough to write the name of models with a space: "PzIV D" instead of "PzIVD" as it is now. This apply to all similar names. "
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Post by TAMMY »

Correction. No addtional work. Simply the search is carried out on the description of the model too and not only on .its name. "PzIV" is included in the description of the Brummbar, etc.
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Post by Gompel »

Yep, that's what I said: exact match on either item name or description :wink:

Partical match is indeed the better option, but I am not sure whether the current search engine has that option.
Changing all the search tags (either item name or description) is a way to improve things with the current search engine. Though, for the many items that GHQ has, this would be a great deal of work I guess.

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Post by TAMMY »

Gompel now I am confused. I tried a search for "halftracks". The result is completely different from what we said.
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Post by Gompel »

Yes, me too :? Some of the results have the keyword, others don't.
I better get back to my games then and leave the 'search' for what it is.

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