Many forums such as this one limit the search terms to a minimum word length. The default is 4 characters. While changing the minimum word length would seem to be the logical thing to do to, such a seemingly small change can drastically increase the search index size and presumably could place excess load on the server.
One thing I stumbled upon researching this topic is Vbulletin also allows "Words to be Included Despite Character Limit".
Most of us know many acronyms that would be beneficial in searches that are commonly 3 letters, such as MAF, ECT, etc...
I'm looking for suggestions to be added to the inclusion list to better serve user searches. Please post your wanted serach terms here to be included.
I'll start...
ACT
ECU
EEC
IAT
MAF
O2
PCM
TPS
WOT
One thing I stumbled upon researching this topic is Vbulletin also allows "Words to be Included Despite Character Limit".
If there are special words that are important for your forum but are outside the word length limits you specified above, you may enter them here so that they will be included in the search index.
For example, a web-programming forum with a minimum word length of 4 characters might want to include 'PHP' in the search index, even though the word is only 3 characters long.
Separate each word with a space.
Most of us know many acronyms that would be beneficial in searches that are commonly 3 letters, such as MAF, ECT, etc...
I'm looking for suggestions to be added to the inclusion list to better serve user searches. Please post your wanted serach terms here to be included.
I'll start...
ACT
ECU
EEC
IAT
MAF
O2
PCM
TPS
WOT