# Search engine curiosiity **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 26, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379 "2003-04-26T20:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/1 "2003-04-26T20:11:04Z")
I just posted a thread in MPSIMS about an AOL Instakiss password scam, and in preparation, I searched the board for the word “Instakiss” to see if it had come up in the last 3 months. That search only yielded one thread, [You have a secret crush!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=163301&highlight=Instakiss) which, while addressing a similar subject, does not contain the actual search term. Is our vB search engine really sophisticated enough to be compiling some sort of database of related terms? Sort of a fuzzy logic thing, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/2 "2003-04-26T20:51:12Z")
Only if you consider dropping a hyphen sophistacated, **Ringo**. 😉 > [@](#): > > [italics]originally posted by **Orange Skinner** [/italics]…and in an excess of 50 Insta-Kiss things. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/3 "2003-04-26T20:52:54Z")
From that thread: > [@](#): > > _Orig. by Orange Skiner_ > and in an excess of 50 Insta-Kiss things. Apparently, at least in this instance, the search engine regarded the hypenated word as one whole one, matching your search requirement, **Ringo**. And as **donkeyoatey** just said. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/4 "2003-04-26T21:01:13Z")
I felt your icy breath on my neck and skipped preview, **Ice Wolf**. It doesn’t show does it?:o ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/5 "2003-04-26T21:05:18Z")
And IE’s Edit \> Find (on this page)… does not. And I missed it on a scan of the thread. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/6 "2003-04-26T21:07:08Z")
Another small gathering of the ATMB subculture. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/7 "2003-04-27T18:22:26Z")
😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/8 "2003-04-27T19:08:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*Another small gathering of the ATMB subculture. \*\* Woo. Cool. I kinda like that. We could get our own traditional costumes, work on some subcultural music, legends and stuff – and then wait for the good folk from _National Geographic_ t’ come take out picture and make us famous. Well, famous for a month, any way. 🙂 “ATMB subculture.” Yeah, quite nifty, that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/9 "2003-04-27T19:23:33Z")
We could come up with coding rituals and hold FAQ festivals. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/10 "2003-04-27T19:29:52Z")
Our wise ones could examine the droppings of the Sacred Hamster, and predict when will be the next rise of the “Why is this board sooo sloowww???” thread, in all of it’s mischievous, playful forms. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/11 "2003-04-28T00:27:00Z")
You people are weird. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/12 "2003-04-28T01:56:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*You people are weird. 🙂 \*\* We try! It’s nice to know our efforts are appreciated, though! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/13 "2003-04-28T02:29:49Z")
And you aren’t , you large-phallused kilt wearer? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/14 "2003-04-28T05:28:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Coldfire_ > You people are weird. 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Some Guy \* > And you aren’t , you large-phallused kilt wearer? I’d say, in some subcultures, _that_ would be enough to make him a god. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-curiosiity/171379/15 "2003-05-02T07:49:19Z")
Hail. I come from MPSIMS. I come in peace. I wish to join your people. I have pie. Fresh missionaries. Yum.