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A Severely Under-Utilized Warrior Forum Functionality (a.k.a. A Great Way To Get Your ?s Answered)

by Rod Cortez
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Hello Warriors,

Over the past year or so I've noticed a lot of new Warriors coming into the forum. It's injected new life here and we welcome the next wave of future marketers. Having written that, we see a lot of the same questions over and over again. While we encourage people to ask questions, a good portion of the questions can be answered by using a feature of this forum that is severely under-utilized:

The Warrior Forum Search Function

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I personally like using the "advanced search" because I'm able to look for specific keywords in specific forums. About 95% of the time, using the "Search Titles Only" option enables me to find the threads / posts that will answer my question. Which is why you rarely see me post a question here, it's because I usually find the answer by searching.

Starting using the search feature and it will not only enhance your WF experience, it will enhance everyone else's as well.

This was my long-winded way of saying "for the love of God, use the search feature of the Warrior Forum before asking a question......puh-leeeeeeeeeezzeeeee! "

Rod "Yes-I've-Had-Too-Much-Coffee-This-Morning!" Cortez
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  • Profile picture of the author RGallowitz
    oh and don't forget, you can search via tags as well. that makes the searching easier for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tam Chancellor
      Originally Posted by RGallowitz View Post

      oh and don't forget, you can search via tags as well. that makes the searching easier for me.
      Didn't know you could search via tags!! I really like the advanced search
      function. You can choose which forum you want to search in. The big
      bonus (for me anyway) is that I can eliminate the WSOs ads.

      Tam
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  • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
    Don't forget though, that if you can't be bothered searching, or reading the long list of useful threads it gives, then you can always open a new thread and ask the same questions again and again :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    and don't forget - some of us posted a few thousand answers in the forum before it changed - the old one is still there are The Warrior Forum
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    nothing to see here.

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    • Profile picture of the author dubhdara
      I had this problem on another site and it really becomes annoying after a while. However, from the "newbie's" point of view, the search facilities on forums are not that good (they often misreport and leave lots out - I think due to the structure of subforums etc.) and if it is fairly common a newbie is presented with way too much information to look through and he'd rather just post a question.

      It's not always as black and white as it seems, but, yes, using the feature more would at least help address some of the repeat questions.
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  • Profile picture of the author aslam786
    I will follow your instructions and thanks informaning to us.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Rod, I use the search function all the time (which is why I ask so few
      questions here) but you really have to learn to use it as you would Google's
      search function.

      Common word searches are futile. In fact, the search will come up saying
      that the following word(s) are common and left out of the search. This
      can make it tough if you're searching for member's names that are very
      common.

      Things like...

      SEO
      RSS
      FTP

      and so on, will usually at least bring you threads that mention that topic,
      but by themselves, are not very helpful. You need to add "helping" words
      to them like...

      SEO Tips
      automated RSS software
      FTP software

      and so on.

      Personally, I find the search function not quite as powerful as Google, but
      after you get used to using it, it becomes more helpful.

      I am by no means a search expert, but I have yet to NOT find the answer
      to the question I was looking for, even if it did take me 5 or 10 minutes
      to find it.

      It's still a lot faster than waiting and HOPING that somebody answers your
      thread...many of which, as you know from experience, go unanswered.

      Maybe if I have some time, I'll add some search examples to this thread
      for some commonly searched terms so you can see how they work and
      what kind of results you'll get.

      It does take time to get the hang of really using it to its full potential, but
      it's worth the effort.

      At least that's my 2 cents on the subject.

      ** EDIT **

      Forgot to add...use quotes.
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