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  • Started 1 year ago by Dal
  • Latest reply from supernintendofanclub

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Suggestions for the search box, using keywords. (4 posts)

  1. Dal

    Dal
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    Posted: 1 year ago #

    First I just wanted to say what a great website this is and what an excellent job David has done to make this a cool place.

    I have a suggestion in regards to the search field and how I believe it could be made more accurate. Right now searches only use the title as a search key. I was hoping this search key could be combined with the keywords (tags) we use for our games as well. If this were implemented I believe the responses would be more specific. I am not sure what keywords do right now other then go into that tag cloud on the games page.

    As an example if I were to search for RonaldDerGrosse's game “Mirror, Mirror On The Wall Who's The Loveliest “ I would have to type in something like “mirror” in order to get his game. But if I used one of his keywords like “actresses” I currently would not get a response. I believe using keywords in the search field may be more intuitive and be more specific.

    Thanks for hearing my idea!

        
  2. tickman

    tickman
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    Posted: 1 year ago #

    I have noticed the same thing: a search gets you hits only on titles, user names and text in forum posts (sometimes the posts are quite old and/or irrelevant).

    If the search returned keywords as well, it would be another great improvement.

    Another thought would be to have a keyword page. Or pages built sort of around the model of the user directory. Then, one could browse a much more substantive list of keywords.

    Dal's example is good, but there are many more. I can find tags for anatomy, zoology and biology; but not for invertebrates, for example.

    Any kind of system to make the keywords more useful would be greatly appreciated by many of us.

    Again the real "problem" here is one of success: the site is so good and has grown so fast that navigation is a challenge.

    Thanks as always to David for continued improvements, and actually paying attention to suggestions.

        
  3. tickman

    tickman
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    Posted: 1 year ago #

    I should also say that I don't see the browse option as an alternative to the search option in a winner-take all manner.

    If there could be only one, it should be the one most easily implemented. If implementation is equal, then I think search should get the nod.

    If (ideally), both could be done, that would be excellent.

        
  4. supernintendofanclub

    supernintendofanclub
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    Posted: 1 year ago #

    I agree with all the above.

        

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