links breaking uup words make threads unfindable

May 17, 2003 5:10 AM

The famous "bohemian rhapsody" post is utterly impossible to find with the normal search methods, due to the way the words are divided up into more than one hyperlink. If I didn't know it was y2karl's post I wouldn't have been able to find it at all. Also, search doesn't seem to let you search the text within the title tags, either.
posted by Space Coyote to Bugs at 5:10 AM (21 comments total)

If fixing the search mechanism is too difficult at least it should be known that such shenanigans with hyperlinking may doom your post to an un-Googlable balck hole.
posted by Space Coyote at 5:11 AM on May 17, 2003

Also, search doesn't seem to let you search the text within the title tags, either.

yes, i learned this the hard way myself.
posted by joedan at 5:33 AM on May 17, 2003

bohemian?
posted by eddydamascene at 6:32 AM on May 17, 2003

Well I'm perplexed. I checked the spelling out numerous times before I submitted the thread, played with the search parameters and still nothing, and now it works. Oh well, I'm happy.
posted by Space Coyote at 6:38 AM on May 17, 2003

heh. he said 'utterly'
posted by matteo at 8:18 AM on May 17, 2003

Don't know how Matt has it set up, but in at least one setup I know quite well, we have two title tags set in ColdFusion so search picks it up:

<title>Title here</title>
<CFSET title="Title Here">

(I think that's right; I don't have the code in front of me) Maybe that's what's needed for search to get the titles?
posted by The Michael The at 8:21 AM on May 17, 2003

Many people forget to set the date range for the search. It defaults to one month.
posted by timeistight at 9:13 AM on May 17, 2003

a search for bohemian works fine for me.

I'll tweak the search to include the post titles (the things that show up in title tags).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:05 PM on May 17, 2003

I liked this thread better when it meant that there was another reason why y2karl's buttheaded posting tactics suck.
posted by crunchland at 1:55 PM on May 17, 2003

ou phrontis Hippocleides
posted by y2karl at 7:34 PM on May 17, 2003

Gesundheit.
posted by dong_resin at 8:15 PM on May 17, 2003

Ou Phrontis
posted by Mid at 9:16 AM on May 18, 2003

y2karl's vir bonus, dicendi peritus
posted by matteo at 12:07 PM on May 18, 2003

oh, and also, Pellaios bous megas eis Aiden
posted by matteo at 12:07 PM on May 18, 2003

ex porpulous y2karl exfrondicator rex.
posted by quonsar at 1:30 PM on May 18, 2003

ubi classics major, tiresome posturing in dead languages ibi est. or something.
posted by tss at 1:36 PM on May 18, 2003

That's because you're - as we say in Latin - a dorcus malorcus
posted by backOfYourMind at 4:43 AM on May 19, 2003

Ixnay on the atinlay.
posted by jpburns at 4:48 AM on May 19, 2003

it's reekgay, uysgay.
posted by taz at 5:42 AM on May 19, 2003 [1 favorite]

beelzebub has a devil put aside for y2karl.
posted by quonsar at 5:57 AM on May 19, 2003

Well, it's all greek to... OW! That hurt!
posted by jpburns at 6:17 AM on May 19, 2003