Why are search results focused on channel title and not thread/content title?

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  • gio~logist
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2004
    • 115

    Why are search results focused on channel title and not thread/content title?

    When making a search, the first thing I should want to click is a thread title.

    Right now you guys place all the focus on forum titles. Whether i'm doing a forum specific search or global search, I think we can all agree the main priority is thread/content title, not the category/channel. ESPECIALLY if i'm already searching within a specific category, now you have 20 results where the main focus is all a link to the same channel title.

    This issue isn't specific to me or any of my client's websites since I can change it myself, but figured i'd point it out.
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  • Wayne Luke
    vBulletin Technical Support Lead
    • Aug 2000
    • 73981

    #2
    I suggest using topic view for your searches. It would be more to your liking. You can choose it on the advanced search page.
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    • Wayne Luke
      vBulletin Technical Support Lead
      • Aug 2000
      • 73981

      #3
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      • Mark.B
        vBulletin Support
        • Feb 2004
        • 24286
        • 6.0.X

        #4
        I agree with that, I'm always clicking the wrong one.

        Added my vote in the tracker.
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        • TLMD
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2012
          • 1766
          • 5.6.X

          #5
          Originally posted by Mark.B
          I'm always clicking the wrong one.
          Same here. Vote added.

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          • Mark.B
            vBulletin Support
            • Feb 2004
            • 24286
            • 6.0.X

            #6
            Funny thing is, I only really consciously realised I was always doing it after reading this...I just sort of kept correcting myself and not giving it any thought.

            I have to say I have sometimes done this in vB3 and vB4 search results when displayed as posts. More specifically, clicked on the thread title rather than the post title, if that makes sense, leaving me at the top of the thread instead of looking at the actual post. Accordingly I made some changes to the layout for my own vB4 site. I think, however, that that is just an example of me being a clumsy oaf.
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            • glennrocksvb
              Former vBulletin Developer
              • Mar 2011
              • 4011
              • 5.7.X

              #7
              Even in activity stream (Latest Activity) view, it doesn't make sense to highlight the forum title instead of the topic title.

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              • glennrocksvb
                Former vBulletin Developer
                • Mar 2011
                • 4011
                • 5.7.X

                #8
                Originally posted by Glenn Vergara
                Even in activity stream (Latest Activity) view, it doesn't make sense to highlight the forum title instead of the topic title.
                Aside from un-highlighting the forum title in activity stream, I even suggest to make it gray to give more focus to the post title and content. A lot of blue links make your eyes busier.

                See screenshots below:

                Gray Forum title:



                Blue Forum title:
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