User blog comment:Dopp/Updates to How We Search/@comment-3508190-20120507145517

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but there seems to have been only a single scenario where the way Search worked before was problematic: When somebody typed in a search term that happened to be a page name, but wasn't actually looking for that particular page and would have rather had a fullltext search instead. That was the only scenario where the old Search interface failed, wasn't it?

I just looked over old posts in this thread and found this gem by Ralok:

"why not include like an arrow on the page that says 'not what you are looking for?' that when you click it forces a search for the term? . . . maybe the arrow can hover above the page, like wiki notifications, so it is always in place when you scroll . . . it only appears when you are automatically brought to the page, it is unintrusive . .."

That's it. That's the perfect solution. It's simple too. No need to rewrite the Search itself. Just an extra link... Heck, I could write that for you if you like! Seriously!