webslave

you know how when you open a thread or post, at the bottom of the page there are the links to "similar threads" well i have found ALLOT of times the "similar threads" have nothing to do with the existing thread.. now do people actually use this? if not why not fling it in the can so to speak... i mean it does direct people to other threads but if it is not working like it was intended or not being used why wast the page load time and stuff?
just my opinions and suggestions

It also brings up ancient threads. At the bottom of this one it brought up 3 from 2003 and 1 from 2004. Old news.

Looks to me that it just tries to match keywords in the topic line. As with anything else on this site, probably 10 percent like it, 10 percent hate it, and 80 percent never even notice it, or don't care either way.

This thread seems to have brought up several that were relevant to "WebSlave"......

mmmmkay

Originally Posted by Karen Hulvey

It also brings up ancient threads. At the bottom of this one it brought up 3 from 2003 and 1 from 2004. Old news.

That's one of the reasons I actually like it. While it does sometimes have seemingly unrelated threads, I have found threads that helped me find info I wanted that I didn't find with a direct search.