Forum:Search engine problem

I created a Wikia and add some test articles. When i serch for them, however, the serach aways says: "There were no results matching the query". The serach only works when i write the exact article title. What i need to do make this search find words inside the article.

Thanks.


 * In "My preferences" in the drop down list at the top right, there is a "search options" tab, where "search in all namespaces" should be ticked. However, even then the search doesn't work properly I have found. Furthermore, on my main wiki the default option for anon users searching is only to search in the "quotes" namespace. I have no idea why this is happening, or how to change it, but it's really annoying--Acer4666 15:38, July 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * The search only works once the cache has been updated, so it won't include articles that you've just recently created.


 * The problems I have aren't to do with the cache updating - on the 24 wiki I linked to in that last post, we have 3 articles called "Christine" something. However upon searching for the word "Christine" on its own, there are a load of results (some of which contain links to the Christine articles) but the Christine articles themselves aren't in the results at all. This seems to be an extension of a general problem with the search - it favours popularity of pages over relevance to what you have searched for. ie, if the word pops up in the main body of text of a popular article and in the actual title of a less popular article, you will be shown the less relevant result first.
 * In addition to that, there's the fact that when non-logged in users search the wiki they only get results in our "quotes" namespace. And also the bug that when you click in the search box, sometimes the blue "search this wiki" text doesn't disappear and everything you type comes up blue, and the auto fill feature doesn't happen. I mean are these bugs worth sending to special:contact, or is it generally accepted that wikia's search is a bit crap?--Acer4666 22:30, July 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * The search problem persists in my wikia. I don't think is only a chace update problem. The "search in all namespaces" do not change anything. I think this wikia search engine needs an upgrade. And rest the question: Why this bug happens to me and not to some another wikias? There is some configuration problem? I seek for them, but i can't find him. My solution is wait.-- AcervoTVD 22:58, July 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * I have a feeling (but don't know for sure) that unless a page has had a certain amount of traffic, wikia just ignores it in the search engine. I think this is the root of my "christine" problem, and also on your wiki - you're right, I did a search for "economia" and it didn't show "economia politica" as a result, presumably because your wiki hasn't had enough people viewing it. I guess this makes the search quicker to run, if it's only searching through a certain number of popular pages, but for people starting their own wikis and trying to get them off the ground the search function is useless--Acer4666 23:07, July 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Its a good guess. This wikia do not have too much traffic becouse it's only can be released after submission of a certain number of articles. It's an academic wikia that unite all prodution in latinamerica about digital television, useful for researchers in this area. The paradox is: i can't release before sure that serach sistem will work, and this page only will got traffic to this serach engine works when it got released. =/ AcervoTVD 23:30, July 5, 2011 (UTC)