I was trying to find an old thread over the weekend, and as is often the case, took quite some time to find it.
Because I remembered who posted it, I used an advanced search and some other words that weren't necessarily in the heading, which was just as well as it was full of oblique descriptions as it turned out.
I think that it's worth considering occasionally slipping in a few "tag words" just to make searching a bit easier.
For instance a thread on Table saw dust collection fittings may well be called "My TS dusty bits" and the discussion that follows is often laced with anything but the words "Table saw dust collection fittings", so in trying to find it a year later, one would have to either remember the terms used in the thread, or just get lucky.
This could be overcome if the occasional tag was added at the end of a post (particularly from the person kicking off the thread), mind you, if everyone used similar tags, it may test the search engine a bit too!
Any thoughts?
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Searching, search, tags, description, how to search, search criteria. ;)
