TECH: Many search algorithms are flawed

They don’t parse a search string with a blank in it correctly.

Here’s an email that I send a lot of sites:

To whom it may concern:

I think you may wish to reexamine your search code. I publish an ezine for my fellow alums of Manhattan College. Hence, I visit a lot of sites and do searches. My search string is “manhattan college”. When I executed it at XXXXXXXX, it searched as if it was “manahattan or college”. I see this behavior a lot. Just thought I’d call it to your attention.

Fjohn

I get many interesting responses. Some actually say thanks and fix it. The bigger the site the less likely it is to get fixed. Interesting common oversight.

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