Search results too broad

It could be the keywords that you're using are common, so they turn up in a lot of posts

 

Use the "Search Forums with Google" option under Search.

It's pretty good.

 

I agree - or at least that we should allow a default AND implementation, even if the entire search mechanism can't be reverted due to vB changes.

 

This is what I always do (or add site:macrumors.com to my google search).

 

How do you do this exactly? - I was about to post up a question about the search as it seems pretty weak but I figured I'd search for search posts first

thanks, Rex

 

The site should be default to AND, in addition the option to search titles only should be added (it is possible in vbulletin)

 

I agree as well. Results with all of the words, not just one. If I search for iMovie Apple TV to find out about exporting from iMovie to Apple TV, a new option in the expert settings drop down, I get every thread/post with iMovie or Apple TV in it, rather than a list that only contains both.

 

This is good advice (and works for any site, essentially), but my impression is that this will not generally yield current results. I don't know how far back the most recent thread to which Google has access is. But I think if you searched for a phrase from this post, for instance, you would not find it using Google for a few days, at least.