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Re: ROBLOX's search algorithm is horrible.

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KayTheCreator is not online. KayTheCreator
Joined: 25 Oct 2010
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01 Aug 2015 10:34 PM
Searching for a "ROBLOX Button up" on the catalog?
Welp, get ready to to be blasted with a bunch of completely non-related items simply because the DESCRIPTION has the words "ROBLOX, Button, Cars, Cake, Up".

Tagging is really disappointing and how ROBLOX seemingly endorses it, either voluntarily or involuntarily. The algorithm is apparently to designed too search for the data inputted in both: Publisher, Title & Description.

I'm sure when I searched for a shirt (like many, many others did) I wanted precisely what I searched for. Not a video game sweatshirt with a tag that contains one-or-two words that I used to search for.

I understand its an influence to people to c**p post shirt copies and then add tags all over the description, but people would really enjoy subtlety and currently that is near impossible as whatever you literally search for that expands farther than the typical "red/blue/green shirt" category is not going to be found or be on the very last page because people gave up looking for it and therefore couldn't buy it, making it essentially unknown.
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xxshadowsnhdxx is not online. xxshadowsnhdxx
Joined: 01 Aug 2010
Total Posts: 9749
01 Aug 2015 10:36 PM
i support this!

they should remove the description from the keyword search!
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TheGamingCinema is not online. TheGamingCinema
Joined: 28 Nov 2012
Total Posts: 8212
01 Aug 2015 10:40 PM
support

-searches for yellow tee-

-gets a black hoodie, red tee-

fuuuuu


[eat fire]
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xTheTruth05x is not online. xTheTruth05x
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01 Aug 2015 10:45 PM
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME.

SUPPORT
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DragonOfWar900 is not online. DragonOfWar900
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01 Aug 2015 10:45 PM
Support!
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KayTheCreator is not online. KayTheCreator
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01 Aug 2015 11:09 PM
Bump!
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ezergad3000 is not online. ezergad3000
Joined: 10 May 2012
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01 Aug 2015 11:39 PM
Agreed. It's absolutely terrible.

And you know what the cherry on the cake is? When you get more specific with your search, the system does the exact opposite.

Type in one word (hoodie) into the catalog search, and check the page count. (1,339)
Do it again, but with more words, (random hoodie thingy) You're gonna get more pages. (1,694)
Add a LOAD of spaced letters next to each other all in one search and now it's the stuff of nightmares. (11,559)
Type in every possible charater key with one space between each character? (16,483.)

It works the other way around, too. Just put in one letter, (G) and you get little to nothing compared to what I just showed you. (448)

-You probably know by now, but anything in ( )'s is what I used and got. Your results may vary with what you use.-
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xTheTruth05x is not online. xTheTruth05x
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02 Aug 2015 09:41 AM
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Sinthis is online. Sinthis
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02 Aug 2015 09:42 AM
support, happens everywhere
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MrSquer is not online. MrSquer
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02 Aug 2015 09:55 AM
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AliveGuest123 is not online. AliveGuest123
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02 Aug 2015 10:19 AM
Support!
I searched up "builderman" and I got fake oder abs on my screen
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binh12 is not online. binh12
Joined: 06 Sep 2010
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02 Aug 2015 11:12 AM
I searched builderman and got this

http://www.roblox.com/Black-and-Grey-Striped-Bikini-item?id=162856942
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mingyii100 is not online. mingyii100
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02 Aug 2015 11:18 AM
support

roblox should remake the search algorithm



-- because i like scripting
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jimmysnow02 is not online. jimmysnow02
Joined: 25 Sep 2011
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02 Aug 2015 11:22 AM
support i cant find a black mesa lab uniform
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Owia is not online. Owia
Joined: 15 Apr 2015
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02 Aug 2015 12:10 PM
Support.

This also counts for games. There are lots of people using tags that are unrelated to the game; using it to boost their place visit count which unfortunately works.
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re7hfTheGrassShark is not online. re7hfTheGrassShark
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02 Aug 2015 12:41 PM
at least its not as bad as some the google auto completes.


It's all over but the 5N@F!
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PenguinvilleRescue1 is online. PenguinvilleRescue1
Joined: 06 Nov 2011
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02 Aug 2015 12:42 PM
Support.

It's very annoying to have several unnecessary results. Those who put unnecessary tags should be punished harshly.
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WaterXZ is not online. WaterXZ
Joined: 08 Sep 2011
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02 Aug 2015 12:42 PM
yeah it really does piss me off. and all they need to do is make it so it matches ALL the words, not just 1 word. if you search red helmet or something in hats, you get all things red and all things that are helmets.


gotta have me a good lasaga
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BladeXE is not online. BladeXE
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02 Aug 2015 12:43 PM
umm.. how do i say it.. i think its
support
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Melvar is online. Melvar
Joined: 10 Jul 2011
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02 Aug 2015 12:45 PM
support


"You smily little hipster!" -DJ Octavio 2015
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Azurixi is not online. Azurixi
Joined: 25 Sep 2011
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02 Aug 2015 01:06 PM
this morning i searched 'Suit with yellow shirt' and the page stayed the same because all the items had those words in the descriptions lmao support
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xTheTruth05x is not online. xTheTruth05x
Joined: 12 Dec 2012
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02 Aug 2015 02:34 PM
cmon support. this is very annoying
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SpliTech is not online. SpliTech
Joined: 06 Feb 2013
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02 Aug 2015 02:36 PM
Support, down with "muscle shirts" and "epic 15 second dubstep"!
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marcus881 is not online. marcus881
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02 Aug 2015 03:13 PM
bump
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ArmadilloDave is not online. ArmadilloDave
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02 Aug 2015 03:16 PM
Support, I really dislike getting irrelevant clothing in the catalog when I search for them.
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