Not sure if this is an search indexing issue, or perhaps the actual “questions” user would put in the search field, aren’t part of the posts answering them. This could maybe be solved by adding a new post—which basically explains the same as other informational posts (e.g. forum manual), but with a Q&A style, so search will index it.
Thanks! I think these are indexed by search, they just don’t show up as top results (e.g. the “what is short form” query gives me the norms post on the third page of results).
I agree though that this is a sign that our search engine could use optimization, so thanks for pointing it out
The Search Page doesn’t seem to show results for basic questions. Some examples:
What is the difference between shortform and post?
How to Create Posts / where is the create button
other things explained in the forum manual
where to write “forum feedback”, this suggestions thread doesn’t show up for this term
Not sure if this is an search indexing issue, or perhaps the actual “questions” user would put in the search field, aren’t part of the posts answering them. This could maybe be solved by adding a new post—which basically explains the same as other informational posts (e.g. forum manual), but with a Q&A style, so search will index it.
For reference, there are some other new user navigation suggestion in this post.
Thanks! I think these are indexed by search, they just don’t show up as top results (e.g. the “what is short form” query gives me the norms post on the third page of results).
I agree though that this is a sign that our search engine could use optimization, so thanks for pointing it out