Whether you use the “search for all terms” or “search for any terms”, I find the search engine next to useless at finding what I want. For example, I’ve been looking today for the thread on the Taipei Times, yet the search engine returns hundreds of pages just because they contain “Taipei”.
Is it possible it can be made smarter because I can’t be!
Looking for “Times” alone will be just as unhelpful. The search engine doesn’t seem to return entries for more than one search term that conatin both as specified. Instead it finds all the pages with “Taipei” or “Times”, regardless.
Usually it is best to “search for all terms” and “display results as posts” - neither of which is the default. I usually find what I’m looking for that way. Perhaps the default settings could be changed???
I agree that the search function needs some improvement. In particular searches for terms (in " marks) should be supported and it would be nice if the result is displayed as post including formatting (like quotes etc.) and the search query highlighted (by means of a color or similar).