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Hello there,

I was under the impression IPB's search features would be up to part with Google, so I must be missing something. Can anyone point me to any information on how to improve IPB search results?

Simply searching for "pdf" on my forums: http://forum.lemonstandapp.com/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1

Compared to Google: http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=pdf+site%3Aforum.lemonstandapp.com

Is that normal? It seems to work for most keywords, but then not at all for some (especially 3 characters).

I converted from PunBB.

Thank you

That's a limitation of mySQL.

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That's a limitation of mySQL.




Sorry? Explanation please. Thanks.

select * from posts where post LIKE '%pdf%'

select * from posts where match(post) against('*pdf*' in boolean mode)

select * from posts where post regexp 'pdf'

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/fulltext-fine-tuning.html

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http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/fulltext-fine-tuning.html




Perfect. Simply have to change my.cnf (I hope it's not hardcoded in IPB). Thank you.

Hello there,



I was under the impression IPB's search features would be up to part with Google, so I must be missing something.




I don't think IPB (or any forum system) search will EVER be up to par with Google. Google is a multi-billion dollar company that SPECIALIZES in search. If IPB's search were as good as Google, I'd say Google would be doing quite lousy, personally.

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