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Dave_183133
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"Photograph" breaks search results
Oct 11th, 2012, 12:53am
 
This is a problem I reported months ago, but maybe it was overlooked among all my other gripes about the search. Smiley
 
Here's the problem...
 
1. Do a search that includes the word "photograph", anything likely to give more than one page of results, eg "Dog photograph". (Note, do not search for "Dog Photographs", plural, you won't get anything). Roll Eyes
2. Try and get to the 2nd page of results. See a problem?
 
I'm sure anybody who has any cards with photographs on them (like all of mine) must be missing out on views.
Maybe there are other words that cause this problem, but this is the only one I have encountered.
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Reply #1 - Oct 11th, 2012, 5:34am
 
I searched "photograph sunrise" and got seven pages (120 per page) of the same cards??
 
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Reply #2 - Oct 11th, 2012, 5:46am
 
Quote from Terry_151326 on Oct 11th, 2012, 5:34am:
I searched "photograph sunrise" and got seven pages (120 per page) of the same cards??

Terry

Useful huh?
Not too many of those results actually feature a sunrise either.
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Reply #3 - Oct 11th, 2012, 5:51am
 
I also tried "sunrise photograph" and got the same results?
 
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Reply #4 - Oct 11th, 2012, 12:14pm
 
Will have the tech team look into it, thanks for the report.
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Reply #5 - Oct 11th, 2012, 1:59pm
 
Quote from Mindy on Oct 11th, 2012, 12:14pm:
Will have the tech team look into it, thanks for the report.

Thanks Mindy. It's a strange one that's for sure.
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Reply #6 - Dec 4th, 2012, 1:44am
 
I notice now that any search that includes the word "photograph" returns zero results.
Makes it fairer all round I suppose.  Roll Eyes
 
Meanwhile, GCU clings on to the notion that a "photo card" is any card with a "custom front", whether or not the design is actually a photo or can be customised to include one.
 
Want a card with a photo of a waterfall on it? Try searching for "waterfall photo card". (Something a prospective buyer is quite likely to do I would have thought). You get but one result, which isn't even a photo, but a painting. It only shows up because it is a "custom front" design.
There's no shortage of cards with waterfalls on them. Search for "waterfall" and you get 2288 results, but 2287 of them will be invisible to anyone that searches for "waterfall photo", or "waterfall photo card".
 
It's ironic that artists are obligated to keyword their cards correctly, and put them in the right category etc, (having them sent back if they don't), yet the search function is fundamentally broken in so many areas.
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