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VGCollect Site Stuff => Site Feedback => Topic started by: leira on September 10, 2013, 01:53:09 pm

Title: Search feature sucks
Post by: leira on September 10, 2013, 01:53:09 pm: I have to complain, the search of vgcollect sucks. Like I tried to search batman: arkham asylum, I have to type in precisely "Batman: arkham asylum", not "Batman Arkham", "Batman Arkham Asylum" even worse! And if you search simply "Batman", you are screwed, thousands of ancient games pop up to hunt you, you will never find your game in the first half list.

Please, use a decent search engine, not just simply student string match. And, a filter based on platform will solve a lot of problem too.
Title: Re: Search feature sucks
Post by: foxhack on September 10, 2013, 02:06:05 pm: You can also search for two or three word phrases. For example, Arkham Asylum will bring up anything with that in the title.

I agree that the search needs work. The old site had an auto-filling system but that's currently turned off due to the site revamp and matt not being around to fix everything.
Title: Re: Search feature sucks
Post by: soera on September 10, 2013, 02:08:57 pm: I would love more options for the search engine too. Im looking for RPG's on PS3 and I cant seem to find a way to narrow the 43 pages of games to just search for the ones I want.
Title: Re: Search feature sucks
Post by: tripredacus on September 10, 2013, 03:22:26 pm: I've complained about the search engine as well, and told to use google with the site dork instead. It works OK that way but I also know how much work is involved in writing a search engine for a site. So its fine for now.
Title: Re: Search feature sucks
Post by: tpugmire on September 10, 2013, 07:02:07 pm: A search engine overhaul is coming. Be patient, use the browse feature instead. It's a little more work, but way more accurate.
Title: Re: Search feature sucks
Post by: burningdoom on September 10, 2013, 10:15:13 pm: While we're on the subject, it would fantastic if we could narrow down our search by console and/or region.
Title: Re: Search feature sucks
Post by: disgaeniac on September 11, 2013, 10:23:16 am: Quote from: tpugmire on September 10, 2013, 07:02:07 pm
A search engine overhaul is coming. Be patient, use the browse feature instead. It's a little more work, but way more accurate.

Yep.

This is what I've been doing.
Title: Re: Search feature sucks
Post by: redblaze57 on September 11, 2013, 08:15:55 pm: Quote from: burningdoom on September 10, 2013, 10:15:13 pm
While we're on the subject, it would fantastic if we could narrow down our search by console and/or region.
^^this^^
Title: Re: Search feature sucks
Post by: soera on September 11, 2013, 10:37:45 pm: You can do it by console and region under http://vgcollect.com/browse ... I like it but I want to limit my search even more with genre search.