User blog comment:Dopp/Updates to How We Search/@comment-160529-20120428215501

Nobody is going to say "oh man, the only thing that was keeping me from using wikis on wikia was the fact that the search feature took me to the pages I wanted to go. Now that this feature is gone I will use wikia"

that never happens and never will happen!

When implementing a change, pretend you are a new user. . . or someone who doesnt use wikia. . . and try to imagine, how that change would make life easier for you. . ..

you are a new user, you type in "Riddick" on the riddick wiki. . . it takes you to riddicks page. . . yaaaaaaaaay everyone wins!

now lets try it with this feature

you are a new user, you type in "Riddick" on the riddick wiki, you dont get riddick as the top choice because his article is "Richard B. Riddick" because that is his full name, but you don't know that because you didn't read his page. . . you get a big list. . . with huge paragraphs, and you have no idea what to do. . . finally find the page you are looking for, click it. ..

You just DOUBLED, or even TRIPLED the amount of time it takes for people to find a page on a wiki! Here is an idea, when you are automatically taken to a page, and it isnt what you are looking for. . . 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. ..

why not that. . . why. . . this. . . this