Search is totally useless. :( :(

[Mynn]

Seriously. If I use quotes, or + or AND ... I get the same crappy results. Over and over and over and over.

"fifth disease pregnancy"
"fifth AND disease AND pregnancy"
"fifth + disease + pregnancy"
fifth disease pregnancy
fifth AND disease AND pregnancy
fifth + disease + pregnancy

I get everything except a result that contains ALL THREE.

[Ms. Mom]

This thread may answer your questions http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=504459

[Mynn]

Originally Posted by Ms. Mom

This thread may answer your questions http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=504459

Oh, yuck : ! Well, at least now I know. Thanks.

[Calidris]

So, if we want to be able to do a decent search we're gonna have to pay for it?
Guess I will be stuck with asking the old questions over and over.

[nancyw]

Originally Posted by Ms. Mom

This thread may answer your questions http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=504459

when will the details of this be coming out? (what is a premium membership subscription? and then are there non-premium subscriptions? Is this going to be like first class, second class, and coach? and when the ship goes down, who gets the limited # of life boats?!??!??......)

(ok, so. Im getting carried away. sorry, just been reading about the titanic with my dd 8.)

[jaidymama]

No offense, but people shouldn't have to pay to get good a good search engine just to find the information they are searching for. I recommend this site to many of my friends and new mothers to be... so if they come to mdc looking for information and are not able to find it... they will stop coming here. I mean, many moms don't have the money to waste on a bell or whistle on a website they frequent. Honestly, from the computer knowledge I have, it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to add or change that feature here. But then again, I'm not familiar with your set up.

Please reconsider just changing the search engine so we can all get what we need....

[Ell-Bell]

I came here to post the same complaint- the search engine is pretty worthless. it is good to know why, but pretty frustrating to have to post the same questions over and over again- I think that people will be getting less valuable information because others' won't want to take the time to answer yet another question about reflux (or whatever) when they have already done so.

So much good valuable information that could help us just floating out there in cyber space with no way to grab it. :

I hope the premium edition is something that Mothering.com has to upgrade to, not the users themselves. It is so nice to have this forum to refer newbies to, I would hate to see it go to a pay site.

[mom2olivia]

Originally Posted by Mynn

Oh, yuck : ! Well, at least now I know. Thanks.

I'll second that response

[Canadianmommax3]

i was just going to ask similar question, i am looking for recipes on granola, which i know are here, the first search result is " do not read until you have finished half blood prince" not sure where the granola is in that! lol

[Cynthia Mosher]

I think you can get some pretty good results if you use the Advanced Search and be specific. For example, searching for fifth disease (no quotes or +) and narrowing the search to the Pregnancy forum and titles only, I get 25 results, only 6 of which are not about Fifth disease:


Fifth Disease - greaaaaaaaaaaaaat.
Mynn

Yesterday 04:42 AM
by Mynn

6 114 September 2006 Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease and pregnancy
turtlemama77

06-29-2006 03:58 PM
by AngelBee

9 84 July 2006 Trying to Conceive after Crohn's Disease Diagnosis
brandy77

06-19-2006 06:21 PM
by brandy77

2 32 Trying To Conceive exposed to Fifth disease - yikes!
bertrandsgirl

05-18-2006 11:19 PM
by carla72

9 96 October 2006 exposed to Fifth disease - yikes!
bertrandsgirl

05-18-2006 05:41 AM
by DLsGroovyMoM

2 109 October 2004 Fifth's Disease
SugarAndSun

02-07-2006 08:47 PM
by liseux

4 79 I'm Pregnant Fifths disease and pregnancy?
Melaya

01-18-2006 12:27 AM
by coleslaw

10 95 I'm Pregnant I'm so worried - 5th disease
alliei

12-17-2005 11:04 PM
by busybusymomma

10 137 May 2006 Fifths Disease questions
MyLittleWonders

12-07-2005 12:27 PM
by Freeman

4 100 I'm Pregnant fifths disease
littlemomma

11-02-2005 07:35 PM
by littlemomma

6 90 December 2005 Lyme disease while pregnant?
gigismom

06-11-2005 07:12 PM
by lucyem

1 46 I'm Pregnant Fifths Disease
houchen2b

05-28-2005 04:13 AM
by mariposita

7 951 December 2005 Fifths Disease
houchen2b

05-02-2005 09:46 PM
by houchen2b

2 918 January 2006 Fifth's Disease?
robugmum

03-04-2005 10:46 PM
by baileyandmikey

5 91 I'm Pregnant Fifth Disease
TCC's Mom

01-21-2005 03:23 AM
by sunbaby

4 85 I'm Pregnant Addison's Disease requires c/s? Need help for friend!
kaydee

10-14-2004 02:26 AM
by georgia

4 76 Birth And Beyond Fifth Disease! Help!!!!
baileyandbabesmom

09-30-2004 08:28 PM
by Merrie

6 109 I'm Pregnant hand,foot,mouth disease/pregnancy
hvl25

09-24-2004 04:54 PM
by Jenelle

5 113 I'm Pregnant Anyone Familiar with Lyme Disease? What Else Could It Be?
Past_VNE

08-02-2004 09:09 PM
by Past_VNE

6 101 I'm Pregnant I have fifth disease

Thread / Thread Starter Last Post Replies Views Forum Fifths Disease and pregnancy
lauren

06-20-2004 11:27 AM
by lauren

7 125 I'm Pregnant Fifths disease
becca011906

05-08-2004 06:54 PM
by becca011906

6 124 I'm Pregnant Exposure to Fifths Disease?
Mom2baldie

04-23-2004 03:44 PM
by Mom2baldie

6 174 I'm Pregnant Fifth disease exposure while pregnant?
Jster

03-05-2004 12:17 PM
by Jster

8 158 I'm Pregnant TTC and Lyme Disease
Chris

08-26-2003 02:55 AM
by Chris

0 24 Trying To Conceive

[Cynthia Mosher]

Originally Posted by Canadianmommax3

i was just going to ask similar question, i am looking for recipes on granola, which i know are here, the first search result is " do not read until you have finished half blood prince" not sure where the granola is in that! lol

Use the Advanced Search and limit your search to the Nutrition and Good Eating forum. It might also help to search titles only.

[VaMountainMomma]

I usually have pretty good results from using google's advance search and doing a domain search. HTH!

[Mackenzie]

Originally Posted by Canadianmommax3

i was just going to ask similar question, i am looking for recipes on granola, which i know are here, the first search result is " do not read until you have finished half blood prince" not sure where the granola is in that! lol

That thread has gotten sooooo far off its original topic that there could quite possibly be discussion on rubbing yourself with tofu while dancing under a full moon.

[Canadianmommax3]

Originally Posted by Cynthia Mosher

Use the Advanced Search and limit your search to the Nutrition and Good Eating forum. It might also help to search titles only.

ty!

[Canadianmommax3]

Originally Posted by Mackenzie

That thread has gotten sooooo far off its original topic that there could quite possibly be discussion on rubbing yourself with tofu while dancing under a full moon.

lmao

[Ruthla]

Originally Posted by Mackenzie

That thread has gotten sooooo far off its original topic that there could quite possibly be discussion on rubbing yourself with tofu while dancing under a full moon.

Not yet, but I'll be sure to post that now!

[flminivanmama]

I had the same issue today looking for info on treating a fungal infection. I got pages and pages of threads - and that was just in one forum. not helpful.

[boongirl]

Have you tried going to the appropriate forum and searching just in that forum? I find that really helpful. For example, go to natural home and body care in the mindful home management forum and I bet you would get lots of information on fungal infections, especially if you search more than once and vary the terms: fungus, athlete's foot (if that is the case), skin infections, stuff like that.

When will we hear more about the premium search function? I would be willing to pay extra for that. I can google for free anytime . Google is an amazing search engine. But, this place is so large that it would be nice to have a narrower and yet more powerful search engine. And, I would assume it would be for pay only because this site and the magazine can't run themselves. Somebody has to help foot the bill.

Thanks!

[super kitty]

Originally Posted by Mynn

Seriously. If I use quotes, or + or AND ... I get the same crappy results. Over and over and over and over.

I get everything except a result that contains ALL THREE.

:

[sleepnrain]

This is how I search MDC:

Go to www.google.com

Type in whatever I'm searching for, can be with quotes, without, whatever.. (just a normal search).. then type "siteww.mothering.com"

So, for fifths disease and pregnancy:

go to google. In the main seach bar, type ""fifths disease" pregnancy siteww.mothering.com"
and these are your results:
http://www.google.com/search?client=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8