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hobbitle:
I have a question....

Is it just me, or does the ATARNotes Search function really suck?
I can never find what I want, and it must be really frustrating for new people who want to find an answer and not repeat the same question 1000 times to find it independently.
Maybe I'm just retarded but you'd think, when trying to find the thread called "Timetabling" it would be the first hit when you search for "Timetabling"........................
I know AN staff are super busy and AN is awesome (!!!!!!!) but I just thought it would be worth pointing out that the search function is kind of unusable for any practical purposes........

b^3:
It's better, easier and quicker to add "site:atarnotes.com" on the end of what you're looking for in a google search (rather than using the AN search tool). That way it'll only search AN and give you a good chance of what you want to find (most of the time when I'm looking for something it comes up in the first three links). The AN search feature has been crap for a while, but since using google and added the extra text works pretty well, there isn't really much need to fix the search feature when there's another option that already works well.

e.g. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=google+searchs+ite&oq=google+searchs+ite&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i65l2j69i60l3.2471j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=2014+Monash+subject+choice+Thread+site:atarnotes.com

Lasercookie:
Yeah it sucks, the default search really only works well if you know what thread you're looking for specifically. b^3's suggestion is the way to go, or you can choose "Google" from the drop down in the search thingo in the top right does the same thing.

pi:
I've only ever been using the AN search ways, and I think it's decent if you do an advanced search. I love being able to easily sort posts/topics by users and I honestly can't be bothered opening a tab to do a google search.

90+FTW:
Yeah, I don't particularity like how it works either. To be honest, I just go to Google, type in my question and then add atarnotes after it.

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