Whether or not someone is a 'nOOb' is not relevant when using tghe search feature
Hiowever, what is
important is
"how" someone searches and whether or not they find an answer/thread in a relatively small amount of time of if they have to spend more like 10-20minutes looking for a given thread/topic.
Given this, how would you enjoy yourself if you spent 10-20 minutes just 'searching' and getting nothing but this....
...and getting nothing but
frustrated and therefore being put in a position to start a thread about it...because what you thought was 'logical search criteria' was in fact returning nothing!!
Therefore, since most members here always tend to shout out
use the search feature.... apparently know that there is another thread about that given subject, I fail to see
why they can't just say something like...
"Use the search function and search for...."
followed by some relevant KEY WORDS to search by...
I mean does it really take that much time to educate people how to use the search feature OTHER then just saying "Use Search?"
Bottom line...previous threads can easily be found by using the 'search' feature if users become acustomed to what 'search terms' are relevant and which ones are not.
Case in point:
When Nitro first posted, I used the search feature and the following key words:
"Drift Settings" = Returned NO search results!
"Drift using DFP" = Did not return a single link that even returned anything logical and/or relevant about drifting
NOTE: Using the same
search feature today, and those same key words,
(Drift using DFP) entirely new threads were found, providing 2reasonable threads referring to drifting, thereby indicating the 'search' is flawed in one way or another!
"How to drift with DFP" = No search results found....
So, in closing, I'm all for informing people to use the search feature more often to find information pertaining to certain topics or information which has been discussed before, but also realize that how one person searches differs from how someone else would but that the search feature is basically accessing a database, to keep it simple I guess, and pulling back those threads which closely match the 'key words' the end-user typed.
Therefore, because the information is not going to change, only the 'key words' and their relevance will, then the more members use 'common terms' to find the information they're looking for, everyone comes out a winner in the long run.
My $0.02 worth!
Cheers
