What's wrong with the "Search" function?


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I have searched for multiple things recently that I KNOW exist. And yet, I cannot find them, no matter how I adjust my search.

For example, go to the GM Discussion section for Pathfinder Society. Type "Goblinblood Dead" into the search field, and see what turns up. Interestingly, what DOESN'T turn up is the thread that was started yesterday discussing the scenario, which is #2 on the list, today. Also what doesn't turn up is the thread discussing this same topic that covered about 45 posts, many of which would address the original poster's questions in the second thread. I was trying to find that thread to point him toward his answers, but had no luck at all. Before you ask if it's actually out there: I'm 100%. I can provide links to everything I'm mentioning here.

Current thread.

Old thread.

Now, here are the search results when you search for goblinblood dead. Notice how neither of those two threads are there?

Recently, I have seen tons of duplicate threads being created. I was, at first, thinking this was due to short-sighted and/or lazy posters. Now I think it's due to this search function not working. Obviously, this has a pretty serious impact on efficiency (both for gamers looking for answers and PFS GMs looking for advice on issues with scenarios).

So, what's wrong with the "search" function, Paizo?

Edit: The only reason I can find the old thread is because I linked to it for a GM to do his research about six months ago. I still had that email, so was able to copy/paste the url. Back then, of course, I found it by typing "Goblinblood Dead" into the search field...

Paizo Employee PostMonster General

It looks like we're not actually indexing the thread title for the first post in a thread. I'll see if we can't get that fixed soon.

Paizo Employee PostMonster General

This has been fixed but it'll take awhile for all the threads to get reindexed.

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