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Old 02-27-13 | 10:31 PM
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Search Indexing broken

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.
Old 02-28-13 | 09:24 AM
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Re: Search Indexing broken

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.
Old 03-01-13 | 02:14 PM
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Reported to tech, thanks.
Old 03-01-13 | 02:26 PM
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Is this working now? I'm seeing recent threads...
Old 03-01-13 | 06:24 PM
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Yes, it looks like recent results are showing up today, so the index must've been updated sometime between yesterday and today.
Old 03-29-13 | 08:11 PM
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Broken again. No new data indexed since about Mar. 23.
Old 04-01-13 | 10:20 PM
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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
Old 04-02-13 | 07:25 PM
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Still broken. No new threads from the past couple days.
Old 04-03-13 | 05:04 PM
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Ill ping tech again. This is happening too often lately...
Old 04-03-13 | 05:25 PM
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Reported as fixed.
Old 04-03-13 | 07:51 PM
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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?
Old 10-29-13 | 12:31 AM
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Search indexing is broken AGAIN. It's been broken since sometime before 10/21.
Old 10-29-13 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBang
Search indexing is broken AGAIN. It's been broken since sometime before 10/21.
Reported to tech!
Old 11-07-13 | 08:40 PM
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Still broken. Can't find any new threads posted in the past 3 weeks.
Old 11-08-13 | 02:41 AM
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Re: Search Indexing broken

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.
Old 11-08-13 | 03:37 PM
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Re: Search Indexing broken

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.
Old 11-08-13 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 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.
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.
Old 11-11-13 | 06:05 PM
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Still broken.
Old 11-12-13 | 01:25 AM
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Re: Search Indexing broken

Originally Posted by TheBang
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.
I see what you mean now

I've flagged this with IB and suggested that someone on their team subscribes to this thread...
Old 11-12-13 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by benedict
I see what you mean now

I've flagged this with IB and suggested that someone on their team subscribes to this thread...
I PM-ed IB to respond.
Old 11-12-13 | 12:34 PM
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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.

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Old 11-15-13 | 04:40 PM
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Seems to be working now, thanks! I will let you know when it breaks again.

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