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badger · 03-13-2008, 04:55 PM

I have set the minimum time between searches from 15 seconds to 120 seconds for now as a test. It is peak hours right now and we all know the board slows down, I want to see what impact this has on the performance.

I will probably set it to 60 seconds during tomorrow's peak time to see how that is.

So in the mean time, until I get the second server installed would you rather have a faster load time or be able to search more frequently?

Thanks,
peewee

racerrandy · 03-18-2008, 06:10 PM

Faster load time! I can get a half a can a beer down in 120 seconds.

Randy

KSCrawler · 03-18-2008, 07:38 PM

Only half a can of beer? Amateur!!!

X2 on faster board, I can live with a 1 or 2 minute search period.

Thorsteenster · 03-18-2008, 07:43 PM

Now that I'm done searching, faster load times!

Although I stopped searching from waiting 2 minutes between resultless searches.

Kamikaze · 03-18-2008, 09:44 PM

Search??? How do I do that?

EeePee · 03-18-2008, 09:47 PM

Beer me!

TwistedCreations · 03-18-2008, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EeePee

Beer me!

IM in! Thanks for the chance

Gimpy00Wang · 03-18-2008, 10:48 PM

I'm late to the party, but here's my $.02. 15sec is too short. 60sec is a widely accepted interval, but 120sec isn't unreasonable. There's a balance to be struck, but in general, viewing a thread or a post is more important than searching. Looking at the stats, you'll find that thread and post views generally outweighs searches by a landslide.

That being said, one way to help offload some of the search workload is to leverage our friend Google! You can integrate the Google search into the site should you wish -- to complement the forum's built-in search (NOT replace it). An example of using Google to search rccrawler.com would be to enter the following (less the quotes) into Google's search box:

"site:rccrawler.com novak brushless"

And here's a link in case you don't want to type that in.

- Chris

IHeardARuckus · 03-18-2008, 11:12 PM

I'd have to say that the 2 minutes between searches is a bad idea. I know from experience (I mod other boards) that if people can't find what they are looking for with search fast and easy, they'll just muck up the servers with re-posts (I'm guilty of this on RCC!).

But, on the flip side, it will be good to see what effect this has on overall performance.

Let us know how the testing goes.

EeePee · 03-18-2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IHeardARuckus

they'll just muck up the servers with re-posts (I'm guilty of this on RCC!).

Guilty! You're banned!

lunchbox · 03-19-2008, 03:26 PM

I love long waits between one misspelled search with no results and another.

badger · 03-19-2008, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gimpy00Wang

That being said, one way to help offload some of the search workload is to leverage our friend Google! You can integrate the Google search into the site should you wish -- to complement the forum's built-in search (NOT replace it). An example of using Google to search rccrawler.com would be to enter the following (less the quotes) into Google's search box:

"site:rccrawler.com novak brushless"

And here's a link in case you don't want to type that in.

- Chris

Google is a great way to search, especially when sites like Pirate completely disable their searching function. But I don't expect the masses to use it because they either don't know about it or don't know how to do it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lunchbox

I love long waits between one misspelled search with no results and another.

Your welcome.

Thorsteenster · 03-19-2008, 07:58 PM

Google already returns hits from RCC.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vf+dig
First two are You Tube, second two are RCC.

badger · 03-19-2008, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thorsteenster

Google already returns hits from RCC.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vf+dig
First two are You Tube, second two are RCC.

Google had bots indexing RCC 24x7. The bots show up as guest users.

Robb · 03-19-2008, 09:55 PM

It's a killer for us "quick to hit the NEW POSTS button" guys, but understandable.

120 seconds last night sucked, tonight's 60 seconds is much better from a user's perspective. Whatever works better for the forum is cool with me, us members will adjust.

badger · 03-19-2008, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robb

It's a killer for us "quick to hit the NEW POSTS button" guys, but understandable.

120 seconds last night sucked, tonight's 60 seconds is much better from a user's perspective. Whatever works better for the forum is cool with me, us members will adjust.

Thanks for the feedback.

Good news is that the new $1300 in memory came in so I can start building the second server to fix this performance issue the right way.

CCFBERG · 03-20-2008, 01:34 AM

I have one thing I would like to add to this conversation. Can we get the search fixed to allow less than 3 letter word searches. Currently when you try to do a search containing a word that is less than 3 letters it basicaly says you have to enter 3 or more letters. Thats gay!!! I have searched several things one of witch I remember very well, I was searching for M8 radio posts, just to see if anyone has posted on them and the search function wouldnt let me do it. Personaly I think that is one of the most retarded things I have ran accross in the last year or so........but thats just me

There have been several othe things but I just cant remember at the moment exactly what they were. So...........can we get this fixed?????

Thanks

Shawn

lunchbox · 03-20-2008, 01:55 AM

Can you set it so if your search has no results you can search again in 5 seconds?

badger · 03-20-2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCFBERG

I have one thing I would like to add to this conversation. Can we get the search fixed to allow less than 3 letter word searches. Currently when you try to do a search containing a word that is less than 3 letters it basicaly says you have to enter 3 or more letters. Thats gay!!! I have searched several things one of witch I remember very well, I was searching for M8 radio posts, just to see if anyone has posted on them and the search function wouldnt let me do it. Personaly I think that is one of the most retarded things I have ran accross in the last year or so........but thats just me

There have been several othe things but I just cant remember at the moment exactly what they were. So...........can we get this fixed?????

Thanks

Shawn

I cannot lower the minimum word length lower then 3 as it is just to intensive on the server if it were any lower.

If you want to do a 2 letter search using RCC's search engine you need to add a wild card. I.E.
m8* radio
or
"m8* radio" to search for the use of m8 and radio as a phrase.

Or you can do 2 letter searches using google by doing this search:
site:rccrawler.com m8 radio
or
site:rccrawler.com "m8 radio" again to search for m8 and radio as a phrase.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lunchbox

Can you set it so if your search has no results you can search again in 5 seconds?

Done. Let me know how it works.

wonder squirrel · 03-21-2008, 12:24 AM

The one minute search sucks. Go back to 15 seconds MAX. Was always nice to be able to narrow down and search again after you browse the first page of random hits or type in "ti links" and get a too short error message.

9 out of 10 people would rather a noob use the search button than to keep reposting "which tires are the best" but now its actually quicker to post up a new thread. Not that the 15 seconds wait is going to put an end to useless threads but hey, atleast its nice for the folks who do use it.

03-13-2008, 04:55 PM	#1
badger Diggin' the new SCX10 II! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Norcal Posts: 11,402	Minimum Time Between Searches = 60 second for now I have set the minimum time between searches from 15 seconds to 120 seconds for now as a test. It is peak hours right now and we all know the board slows down, I want to see what impact this has on the performance. I will probably set it to 60 seconds during tomorrow's peak time to see how that is. So in the mean time, until I get the second server installed would you rather have a faster load time or be able to search more frequently? Thanks, peewee Last edited by badger; 03-13-2008 at 04:57 PM.

03-18-2008, 06:10 PM	#2
racerrandy Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kansas city Posts: 369	Faster load time! I can get a half a can a beer down in 120 seconds. Randy

03-18-2008, 07:38 PM	#3
KSCrawler Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mac Posts: 377	Only half a can of beer? Amateur!!! X2 on faster board, I can live with a 1 or 2 minute search period.

03-18-2008, 07:43 PM	#4
Thorsteenster I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 3,377	Now that I'm done searching, faster load times! Although I stopped searching from waiting 2 minutes between resultless searches.

03-18-2008, 09:44 PM	#5
Kamikaze I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN Posts: 6,154	Search??? How do I do that?

03-18-2008, 09:47 PM	#6
EeePee MODERATOR™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 18,928	Beer me!

03-18-2008, 10:48 PM	#8
Gimpy00Wang Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pioneer Valley Posts: 120	I'm late to the party, but here's my $.02. 15sec is too short. 60sec is a widely accepted interval, but 120sec isn't unreasonable. There's a balance to be struck, but in general, viewing a thread or a post is more important than searching. Looking at the stats, you'll find that thread and post views generally outweighs searches by a landslide. That being said, one way to help offload some of the search workload is to leverage our friend Google! You can integrate the Google search into the site should you wish -- to complement the forum's built-in search (NOT replace it). An example of using Google to search rccrawler.com would be to enter the following (less the quotes) into Google's search box: "site:rccrawler.com novak brushless" And here's a link in case you don't want to type that in. - Chris

03-18-2008, 11:12 PM	#9
IHeardARuckus Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: FoCo, Crawlerado Posts: 47	I'd have to say that the 2 minutes between searches is a bad idea. I know from experience (I mod other boards) that if people can't find what they are looking for with search fast and easy, they'll just muck up the servers with re-posts (I'm guilty of this on RCC!). But, on the flip side, it will be good to see what effect this has on overall performance. Let us know how the testing goes.

03-19-2008, 03:26 PM	#11
lunchbox Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno Posts: 472	I love long waits between one misspelled search with no results and another.

03-19-2008, 07:58 PM	#13
Thorsteenster I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 3,377	Google already returns hits from RCC. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vf+dig First two are You Tube, second two are RCC.

03-19-2008, 09:55 PM	#15
Robb RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: VARCOR Posts: 1,826	It's a killer for us "quick to hit the NEW POSTS button" guys, but understandable. 120 seconds last night sucked, tonight's 60 seconds is much better from a user's perspective. Whatever works better for the forum is cool with me, us members will adjust.

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03-20-2008, 01:34 AM	#17
CCFBERG Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ramstein Air Base Germany ...ya Ive been Ramshafted Posts: 567	I have one thing I would like to add to this conversation. Can we get the search fixed to allow less than 3 letter word searches. Currently when you try to do a search containing a word that is less than 3 letters it basicaly says you have to enter 3 or more letters. Thats gay!!! I have searched several things one of witch I remember very well, I was searching for M8 radio posts, just to see if anyone has posted on them and the search function wouldnt let me do it. Personaly I think that is one of the most retarded things I have ran accross in the last year or so........but thats just me There have been several othe things but I just cant remember at the moment exactly what they were. So...........can we get this fixed????? Thanks Shawn

03-20-2008, 01:55 AM	#18
lunchbox Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno Posts: 472	Can you set it so if your search has no results you can search again in 5 seconds?

03-21-2008, 12:24 AM	#20
wonder squirrel Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central Coast Posts: 667	The one minute search sucks. Go back to 15 seconds MAX. Was always nice to be able to narrow down and search again after you browse the first page of random hits or type in "ti links" and get a too short error message. 9 out of 10 people would rather a noob use the search button than to keep reposting "which tires are the best" but now its actually quicker to post up a new thread. Not that the 15 seconds wait is going to put an end to useless threads but hey, atleast its nice for the folks who do use it.

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