User blog comment:Dopp/Updates to How We Search/@comment-1331296-20120426160748

At first I was excited when reading this. But... search results for exact matches?! That's just annoying, and javascript only works half the time so people can click the drop down. If you think it's hard for people to search for the page they want when using the box, make it easier for them to find the search results page. Add a button or something, but don't force them with extra clicking through search results.

Do you know how many redirects the RuneScape Wiki has? Do you have any idea what this would do to our search function? Example, this page: http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Knights%27_Fortress has 31 redirects. THIRTY ONE. Thirty one opportunities for someone to find the correct article without having to go through the currently cruddy search system. Instead of rendering all of those redirects and the article title itself useless, don't force people to the search results page. Add a link near the search bar or something. Even for articles with no redirects this will just be equally annoying. 16:07, April 26, 2012 (UTC)