Post by Admin/YBB on Oct 14, 2021 20:08:37 GMT -6
PB SEARCH produces very uneven results. Often, a post is known to exist but cannot be found from Search. There are at least 2 reasons for this.
1. As a PB forum/website grows, its internal index can become complicated (software-wise) and RE-INDEXING can fix some Search issues. Re-indexing can be requested* on the PB Support Board by administrators or other interested members and may take few minutes to an hour depending on PB forum/website size. Of course, PB can do periodic re-indexing of its entire website, but it tends to do it upon specific requests. Unfortunately, re-indexing may not solve many PB Search issues, see next.
PB Support/Support Board support.proboards.com/board/44/support-board
PB Support (*login required to post) support.proboards.com/
Edit/Add: For this site, re-index was requested and done on 2/7/24. It did improve the search.
ybbpersonalfinance.proboards.com/thread/564/site-reindex
2. PB Search function may fail inexplicably due to many SEARCH STOP WORDS. The LONG list includes some problematic operational words, special characters, etc; some longer words may have forbidden strings within them. But there are also many seemingly normal words and the reason for their inclusion in the stop-list is unclear. Typically, people tend to include more key words or phrase(s) or sentence(s) in search-string to narrow the results, but that would be a mistake for PB Search as the search-string is more likely to have some search stop word(s) and then there will be no result. But using too few words may produce too many search results. So, a trick for the PB Search is to remember some unique words in the post to be searched.
support.proboards.com/post/7286774/thread
support.proboards.com/post/7286779/thread
Unfortunately, PB guide on Search doesn't address these issues. www.proboards.com/user-guide/search
LONG LIST OF PB SEARCH STOP WORDS
Able, about, above, abroad, according, accordingly, across, actually, adj, after, afterwards, again, against, ago, ahead, ain't, all, allow, allows, almost, alone, along, alongside, already, also, although, always, am, amid, amidst, among, amongst, an, and, another, any, anybody, anyhow, anyone, anything, anyway, anyways, anywhere, apart, appear, appreciate, appropriate, are, aren't, around, as, a's, aside, ask, asking, associated, at, available, away, awfully,
back, backward, backwards, be, became, because, become, becomes, becoming, been, before, beforehand, begin, behind, being, believe, below, beside, besides, best, better, between, beyond, both, brief, but, by,
came, can, cannot, cant, can't, caption, cause, causes, certain, certainly, changes, clearly, c'mon, co, co., com, come, comes, concerning, consequently, consider, considering, contain, containing, contains, corresponding, could, couldn't, course, c's, currently,
dare, daren't, definitely, described, despite, did, didn't, different, directly, do, does, doesn't, doing, done, don't, down, downwards, during,
each, edu, eg, eight, eighty, either, else, elsewhere, end, ending, enough, entirely, especially, et, etc, even, ever, evermore, every, everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere, ex, exactly, example, except,
fairly, far, farther, few, fewer, fifth, first, five, followed, following, follows, for, forever, former, formerly, forth, forward, found, four, from, further, furthermore,
get, gets, getting, given, gives, go, goes, going, gone, got, gotten, greetings,
had, hadn't, half, happens, hardly, has, hasn't, have, haven't, having, he, he'd, he'll, hello, help, hence, her, here, hereafter, hereby, herein, here's, hereupon, hers, herself, he's, hi, him, himself, his, hither, hopefully, how, howbeit, however, hundred,
i'd, ie, if, ignored, i'll, i'm, immediate, in, inasmuch, inc, inc., indeed, indicate, indicated, indicates, inner, inside, insofar, instead, into, inward, is, isn't, it, it'd, it'll, its, it's, itself, i've,
just,
k, keep, keeps, kept, know, known, knows,
last, lately, later, latter, latterly, least, less, lest, let, let's, like, liked, likely, likewise, little, look, looking, looks, low, lower, ltd,
made, mainly, make, makes, many, may, maybe, mayn't, me, mean, meantime, meanwhile, merely, might, mightn't, mine, minus, miss, more, moreover, most, mostly, mr, mrs, much, must, mustn't, my, myself,
name, namely, nd, near, nearly, necessary, need, needn't, needs, neither, never, neverf, neverless, nevertheless, new, next, nine, ninety, no, nobody, non, none, nonetheless, no one, no-one, nor, normally, not, nothing, notwithstanding, novel, now, nowhere,
obviously, of, off, often, oh, ok, okay, old, on, once, one, ones, one's, only, onto, opposite, or, other, others, otherwise, ought, oughtn't, our, ours, ourselves, out, outside, over, overall, own,
particular, particularly, past, per, perhaps, placed, please, plus, possible, presumably, probably, provided, provides,
que, quite, qv,
rather, rd, re, really, reasonably, recent, recently, regarding, regardless, regards, relatively, respectively, right, round,
said, same, saw, say, saying, says, second, secondly, see, seeing, seem, seemed, seeming, seems, seen, self, selves, sensible, sent, serious, seriously, seven, several, shall, shan't, she, she'd, she'll, she's, should, shouldn't, since, six, so, some, somebody, someday, somehow, someone, something, sometime, sometimes, somewhat, somewhere, soon, sorry, specified, specify, specifying, still, sub, such, sup, sure,
take, taken, taking, tell, tends, th, than, thank, thanks, thanx, that, that'll, that’s, that's, that've, the, their, theirs, them, themselves, then, thence, there, thereafter, thereby, there'd, therefore, therein, there'll, there're, theres, there's, thereupon, there've, these, they, they'd, they'll, they're, they've, thing, things, think, third, thirty, this, thorough, thoroughly, those, though, three, through, throughout, thru, thus, till, to, together, too, took, toward, towards, tried, tries, truly, try, trying, t's, twice, two,
un, under, underneath, undoing, unfortunately, unless, unlike, unlikely, until, unto, up, upon, upwards, us, use, used, useful, uses, using, usually,
v, value, various, versus, very, via, viz, vs,
want, wants, was, wasn't, way, we, we'd, welcome, well, we'll, went, were, we're, weren't, we've, what, whatever, what'll, what's, what've, when, whence, whenever, where, whereafter, whereas, whereby, wherein, where's, whereupon, wherever, whether, which, whichever, while, whilst, whither, who, who'd, whoever, whole, who'll, whom, whomever, who's, whose, why, will, willing, wish, with, within, without, wonder, won't, would, wouldn't,
yes, yet, you, you'd, you'll, your, you're, yours, yourself, yourselves, you've,
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1. As a PB forum/website grows, its internal index can become complicated (software-wise) and RE-INDEXING can fix some Search issues. Re-indexing can be requested* on the PB Support Board by administrators or other interested members and may take few minutes to an hour depending on PB forum/website size. Of course, PB can do periodic re-indexing of its entire website, but it tends to do it upon specific requests. Unfortunately, re-indexing may not solve many PB Search issues, see next.
PB Support/Support Board support.proboards.com/board/44/support-board
PB Support (*login required to post) support.proboards.com/
Edit/Add: For this site, re-index was requested and done on 2/7/24. It did improve the search.
ybbpersonalfinance.proboards.com/thread/564/site-reindex
2. PB Search function may fail inexplicably due to many SEARCH STOP WORDS. The LONG list includes some problematic operational words, special characters, etc; some longer words may have forbidden strings within them. But there are also many seemingly normal words and the reason for their inclusion in the stop-list is unclear. Typically, people tend to include more key words or phrase(s) or sentence(s) in search-string to narrow the results, but that would be a mistake for PB Search as the search-string is more likely to have some search stop word(s) and then there will be no result. But using too few words may produce too many search results. So, a trick for the PB Search is to remember some unique words in the post to be searched.
support.proboards.com/post/7286774/thread
support.proboards.com/post/7286779/thread
Unfortunately, PB guide on Search doesn't address these issues. www.proboards.com/user-guide/search
LONG LIST OF PB SEARCH STOP WORDS
Able, about, above, abroad, according, accordingly, across, actually, adj, after, afterwards, again, against, ago, ahead, ain't, all, allow, allows, almost, alone, along, alongside, already, also, although, always, am, amid, amidst, among, amongst, an, and, another, any, anybody, anyhow, anyone, anything, anyway, anyways, anywhere, apart, appear, appreciate, appropriate, are, aren't, around, as, a's, aside, ask, asking, associated, at, available, away, awfully,
back, backward, backwards, be, became, because, become, becomes, becoming, been, before, beforehand, begin, behind, being, believe, below, beside, besides, best, better, between, beyond, both, brief, but, by,
came, can, cannot, cant, can't, caption, cause, causes, certain, certainly, changes, clearly, c'mon, co, co., com, come, comes, concerning, consequently, consider, considering, contain, containing, contains, corresponding, could, couldn't, course, c's, currently,
dare, daren't, definitely, described, despite, did, didn't, different, directly, do, does, doesn't, doing, done, don't, down, downwards, during,
each, edu, eg, eight, eighty, either, else, elsewhere, end, ending, enough, entirely, especially, et, etc, even, ever, evermore, every, everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere, ex, exactly, example, except,
fairly, far, farther, few, fewer, fifth, first, five, followed, following, follows, for, forever, former, formerly, forth, forward, found, four, from, further, furthermore,
get, gets, getting, given, gives, go, goes, going, gone, got, gotten, greetings,
had, hadn't, half, happens, hardly, has, hasn't, have, haven't, having, he, he'd, he'll, hello, help, hence, her, here, hereafter, hereby, herein, here's, hereupon, hers, herself, he's, hi, him, himself, his, hither, hopefully, how, howbeit, however, hundred,
i'd, ie, if, ignored, i'll, i'm, immediate, in, inasmuch, inc, inc., indeed, indicate, indicated, indicates, inner, inside, insofar, instead, into, inward, is, isn't, it, it'd, it'll, its, it's, itself, i've,
just,
k, keep, keeps, kept, know, known, knows,
last, lately, later, latter, latterly, least, less, lest, let, let's, like, liked, likely, likewise, little, look, looking, looks, low, lower, ltd,
made, mainly, make, makes, many, may, maybe, mayn't, me, mean, meantime, meanwhile, merely, might, mightn't, mine, minus, miss, more, moreover, most, mostly, mr, mrs, much, must, mustn't, my, myself,
name, namely, nd, near, nearly, necessary, need, needn't, needs, neither, never, neverf, neverless, nevertheless, new, next, nine, ninety, no, nobody, non, none, nonetheless, no one, no-one, nor, normally, not, nothing, notwithstanding, novel, now, nowhere,
obviously, of, off, often, oh, ok, okay, old, on, once, one, ones, one's, only, onto, opposite, or, other, others, otherwise, ought, oughtn't, our, ours, ourselves, out, outside, over, overall, own,
particular, particularly, past, per, perhaps, placed, please, plus, possible, presumably, probably, provided, provides,
que, quite, qv,
rather, rd, re, really, reasonably, recent, recently, regarding, regardless, regards, relatively, respectively, right, round,
said, same, saw, say, saying, says, second, secondly, see, seeing, seem, seemed, seeming, seems, seen, self, selves, sensible, sent, serious, seriously, seven, several, shall, shan't, she, she'd, she'll, she's, should, shouldn't, since, six, so, some, somebody, someday, somehow, someone, something, sometime, sometimes, somewhat, somewhere, soon, sorry, specified, specify, specifying, still, sub, such, sup, sure,
take, taken, taking, tell, tends, th, than, thank, thanks, thanx, that, that'll, that’s, that's, that've, the, their, theirs, them, themselves, then, thence, there, thereafter, thereby, there'd, therefore, therein, there'll, there're, theres, there's, thereupon, there've, these, they, they'd, they'll, they're, they've, thing, things, think, third, thirty, this, thorough, thoroughly, those, though, three, through, throughout, thru, thus, till, to, together, too, took, toward, towards, tried, tries, truly, try, trying, t's, twice, two,
un, under, underneath, undoing, unfortunately, unless, unlike, unlikely, until, unto, up, upon, upwards, us, use, used, useful, uses, using, usually,
v, value, various, versus, very, via, viz, vs,
want, wants, was, wasn't, way, we, we'd, welcome, well, we'll, went, were, we're, weren't, we've, what, whatever, what'll, what's, what've, when, whence, whenever, where, whereafter, whereas, whereby, wherein, where's, whereupon, wherever, whether, which, whichever, while, whilst, whither, who, who'd, whoever, whole, who'll, whom, whomever, who's, whose, why, will, willing, wish, with, within, without, wonder, won't, would, wouldn't,
yes, yet, you, you'd, you'll, your, you're, yours, yourself, yourselves, you've,
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