mysinginmonsters wrote:

It searches for exactly what you type. It doesn't look for keywords.

Still a far better search engine than Roblox.

Djf18 wrote:

mysinginmonsters wrote:

It searches for exactly what you type. It doesn't look for keywords.

Still a far better search engine than Roblox.

true but there is a roblox game called “better explorer” which is a better search engine so is there any thing like that on scratch?

scratch should make a option to toggle keywords or exactly

Djf18 wrote:

(#3)
true but there is a roblox game called “better explorer” which is a better search engine so is there any thing like that on scratch?

Djf18 wrote:

thanks by the way for telling why it is bad though

mysinginmonsters wrote:

Djf18 wrote:

thanks by the way for telling why it is bad though

I don't think it's bad. In fact, I think it's better for finding more relevant results.

8to16 wrote:

Djf18 wrote:

(#3)
true but there is a roblox game called “better explorer” which is a better search engine so is there any thing like that on scratch?

Itching Discovery
60 SECOND DEMON BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Djf18 wrote:

it does not hace a search engine

Djf18 wrote:

8to16 wrote:

Djf18 wrote:

(#3)
true but there is a roblox game called “better explorer” which is a better search engine so is there any thing like that on scratch?

Itching Discovery
60 SECOND DEMON BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

it does not hace a search engine

i_eat_coffee wrote:

Djf18 wrote:

8to16 wrote:

Djf18 wrote:

(#3)
true but there is a roblox game called “better explorer” which is a better search engine so is there any thing like that on scratch?

Itching Discovery
60 SECOND DEMON BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

it does not hace a search engine

hey, I am the creator of that website
the search engine is currently being worked on, we are trying to make it as perfect and as inclusive as possible

themirrazz wrote:

Apparently, the indexer stopped indexing new projects a while ago (iirc). You can search for projects by using the “<search query> site:scratch.mit.edu” on Google, which sometimes has better results. Note that Google searches the entire sites, including studios, user profiles, and forums, and it also might match unrelated projects based on the descriptions or comments sections. It also will list NFE projects as well, so if you don't want to see any NFE content, I don't recommend using Google.

mysinginmonsters wrote:

It searches for exactly what you type. It doesn't look for keywords.

mysinginmonsters wrote:

Still a far better search engine than Roblox.

themirrazz wrote:

Apparently, the indexer stopped indexing new projects a while ago (iirc). You can search for projects by using the “<search query> site:scratch.mit.edu” on Google, which sometimes has better results. Note that Google searches the entire sites, including studios, user profiles, and forums, and it also might match unrelated projects based on the descriptions or comments sections. It also will list NFE projects as well, so if you don't want to see any NFE content, I don't recommend using Google.

BigNate469 wrote:

mysinginmonsters wrote:

It searches for exactly what you type. It doesn't look for keywords.

And the results that appear are based on a complicated algorithm involving where words show up, and how frequently, that is also the reason tagspam (spamming tags in a project's description to make it appear higher in the Trending category) works, and that searching for anything and clicking on “Trending” is the equivalent of having a button for a tag that is your search query on the Explore page.

mysinginmonsters wrote:

BigNate469 wrote:

mysinginmonsters wrote:

It searches for exactly what you type. It doesn't look for keywords.

And the results that appear are based on a complicated algorithm involving where words show up, and how frequently, that is also the reason tagspam (spamming tags in a project's description to make it appear higher in the Trending category) works, and that searching for anything and clicking on “Trending” is the equivalent of having a button for a tag that is your search query on the Explore page.

I didn't know that tag spamming actually did something. May I ask where you found this information?