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• Current Search Issues For Some Forums

  Armahg Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:34 PM
  Hello,

  Some of you have been experiencing issues when searching some of our forums. This is a known issue and we are working to fix it. Read more about it here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/reportabug/threads/
  

   under the Announcement "CURRENT FORUM KNOWN ISSUES: Points and My Threads may not be correct after Migration, Search not working"

  We will update this announcement once the issues are resolved.

   

  Thanks,

  George.

   

• Welcome to MSDN, TechNet, and Expression Site Search Feedback forum!

  justingrant Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:29 AM

  Hi - Welcome to our new Search Feedback forum for search on the MSDN, TechNet, and Expression websites, which are web front-ends built on top of the Live Search API to search the MSDN, TechNet, and Expression websites-- and associated technical content like the Support Knowledge Base (KB) as well as community content like Forums.
  
  Our UI is optimized for the specific needs of technical professionals looking for technical info. Feel free to send us your suggestions, bug reports, gripes, thoughts, etc.
  
  If you are filing a bug report with our site search, please include the following:
  1. URL where the problem is happening
  2. Specific search query you are using
  3. Browser type and version you are using
  4. If another search engine returns better results than ours, please include the URL for *that* search engine so we can compare.
  
  This info will help us track down problems quicker. 
  
  NOTE:  This forum is only for feedback about our site's search feature. If you have feedback about specfic Microsoft products or other parts of MSDN or TechNet besides search, please visit the MSDN Forums, TechNet Forums, or Expression Forums home pages to find the out the best place to send your feedback.
  
  Thanks again for using our search and caring enough to send your feedback-- your suggestions and bug reports help us get better!
  
  Also check out the MSDN & TechNet Search Blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnsearchblog/ for the latest news and updates about our site search.
  
  Thanks,
  Justin Grant
  
  
  

• Code Search Retired from MSDN Search

  Faisal Jamil Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:44 PM

  Hi,

   

  In the latest release for MSDN Search, we have retired the Search Code funtionality.  We currently have a number of solutions including Library Code Examples and Samples, Galleries and Codeplex which allows our users to search and  discover code.  We are continuing to invest on a richer search experience as proven by the enhancements we have made to search results with added metadata such as ratings, downloads, clicks.  Here are some examples:

   

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US?query=openfile&refinement=117

   

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US?query=xaml&refinement=456

   

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US/?Refinement=203&Query=xaml

    

  Stay tuned for further improvements in MSDN Search in the coming year.

   

  Thank you.

  
  Regards,

   

  Faisal Jamil

  MSDN/TechNet Search PM