Search Frustration

[Mark Daskilewicz]

I’m planning a trip for next February to Patagonia, including hut-to-hut hiking in Torres del Paine, so I would like to check out any articles or posts about that place. The only “Search” I find is in the upper right border of the website. When I type in “Torres”, the first thing that  pops  up says “4 days ago…clothing options for Torres del Paine..” But the fine print says that the last post was 10 years ago.

I’m curious as to what the “4 days ago” refers to.

[Jerry Adams]

when I search tores it asks if I meant tires

when I searched torres it gave a number of links

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/98966/

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/88494/

https://backpackinglight.com/torres_del_paine_global_test/

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/torres-del-paine-patagonia/

9 pages of links

[DirtNap]

Google site search. Here’s a blank to get you going:

site:backpackinglight.com/forums

I find this forum totally cumbersome and unintuitive. Search functionality relies on Google but has no sort function. It’s also really slow, has no native alerts finctionality, and needs a major upgrade. I think it really hampers the number of active posters here.

[Dan]

@dirtnap is on the money, I always use a restricted google search.

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