TheBang

Search indexing appears to be broken again.

Nothing new has been indexed for the last several days. For example, no new threads created since at least Feb. 24 show up in search results.

Deftones

I was going to post about this as well. Several dupe threads in TV Talk because when the 2nd thread starter searched for a thread, it wasn't found.

ibobi

Reported to tech, thanks.

ibobi

Is this working now? I'm seeing recent threads...

TheBang

Yes, it looks like recent results are showing up today, so the index must've been updated sometime between yesterday and today.

TheBang

Broken again. No new data indexed since about Mar. 23.

TheBang

Now there seems to be a hole in the data. For example, this thread is in search results:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/music-talk/...go-lineup.html

But this one from 3 days earlier is not:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/music-talk/...up-leaked.html

TheBang

Still broken. No new threads from the past couple days.

ibobi

Ill ping tech again. This is happening too often lately...

ibobi

Reported as fixed.

TheBang

Well. I'm not sure.

How long is it supposed to take before new threads show up in the search results? I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be immediate, is it not? I don't remember there being some delay before.

This thread, created 3 hours ago, shows up in search results.

However, these threads:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/music-talk/...y-fabares.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/609...03-2013-a.html

created 2 hours ago or less, do not show up in search results.

So, either there's some delay before they show up, or the indexing broke again? Or something else?

TheBang

Search indexing is broken AGAIN. It's been broken since sometime before 10/21.

ibobi

Reported to tech!

TheBang

Still broken. Can't find any new threads posted in the past 3 weeks.

benedict

Threads started by TheBang.

The above worked for me.

I think it depends how you look. I always go "advanced" mess with the parameters and sometimes will try a "trick" like the one above.

Xander

The advanced search still seems to be broken. Tried searching for "Arrow" and "Supernatural" in the TV Talk forum and nothing newer than 10/15 will show up.

TheBang

Sorry, when I said "posted" I meant "started" or "created". None of those threads in the search you linked was STARTED within the last 3 weeks.

Xander is correct, and his use case is a typical one whereby I notice that the indexing is broken.

Another example: You started a thread titled "Even the legitimate emailers are selling s*x aids now?" yesterday. Try to find it by its title with Search. You will not be able to.

TheBang

Still broken.

benedict

I see what you mean now

I've flagged this with IB and suggested that someone on their team subscribes to this thread...

VinVega

I PM-ed IB to respond.

ibobi

Tech has performed a re-index of the search engine. I reported to them that the issue persists, so they will look into other options. Thank you for reporting!

EDIT: tech has tested the use case you reported above and it is working for them. Let me know if this poses further problems.

Paul

TheBang

Seems to be working now, thanks! I will let you know when it breaks again.