Is it just me or is Spotlight Search not working as well as it used to?

[red321red321]

Is it just me or is Spotlight Search not working as well as it used to?

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

How? Provide specific examples.

 

[53kyle]

Maybe it is indexing. That will significantly slow things down.

 

[durhamj]

Spotlight , One of the best parts of a OS-X

I noticed it to. I jumped from SL to Mavericks on three Mac a few weeks ago. I am a heavy user of Spotlight to start apps, to find contact details, and open documents that I add to monthly, or to find receipts, pdf files or recently scanned documents. Spotlight is not returning things that I routinely used under Snow Leopard.
Has anyone found a fix?? Is there a way to force OS-X to re-index??

 

[durhamj]

Problem solved... Re-Indexing the drive did it.... What a difference.

Under Systems Pref -> Spotlight -> Privacy Tab . Add your drive to the Privacy area, then close System Preferences. Reopen System Preferences go back to the Privacy Tab, and remove your drive. Close System Preferences, then click/or activate the Spotlight icon, you should see indexing is underway.

 

[danieliversen]

Spotlight indexing forever!

Any other tips on how to stop Spotlight indexing forever?

This is all I've tried:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/24066877#24066877

Cheers,
Daniel

NB: I've posted my question in a few places and will cross post any relevant answers too.