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Join our beta and test our new search function

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KatieCMumsnet · 02/12/2020 15:29

Hi all,

We’ve been improving our search function to make it a bit more usable and to improve the results, and we’d love to get your feedback.

To give early access to features, we’ve created a beta version of Mumsnet for users to opt-in to. By joining the beta and providing feedback, you’ll help us decide what works and what needs to be improved before we make the feature available to everyone.

To join the beta, click this link: Join beta

When you click the link you’ll see some changes:

  • On desktop, there's a new search bar in the header that links to the new search function
  • On mobile, we’ve moved the header around slightly and there’s a new search icon top right

All feedback is helpful and welcome (good or bad). So if you've got a mo, please give it a try and tell us what you think using the feedback icon on the search pages (the smiley face bottom right corner) or in reply to this post.

Thanks!

And if you want to leave the beta for any reason then click this link: Leave beta

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KatieCMumsnet · 07/12/2020 10:54

Hi all,

We released this in to beta so we could spot issues and fix them so thank you for taking the time to give feedback.

A note on some of the key issues raised:

  • The set of results you see first should be organised by ‘relevancy’ but it looks like something is broken as it’s not returning relevant results - we will look in to that
  • There is an option to filter by newest or oldest first but it must not be clear enough so we will make that clearer
  • Speed is also a big issue so we will speed it up!

We will make some changes and let you know once we’ve made updates - I hope you’ll take the time to give it another go.

Thanks again,

Katie @ MNHQ

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KatieCMumsnet · 06/01/2021 17:12

Hi all,

We’ve updated the new search function following your feedback as follows:

  • Improved speed - it should be faster now
  • Better results - the results should be more recent and relevant
  • Clearer sort options - the sort options should be more visible now so you can organise by newest or oldest first if you want to
  • Removed dropdown for username suggestions on the search bar - we would like to include username matches as well as popular search terms in an autosuggest dropdown on the search bar but we'll be adding that feature at a later date
  • Added a link to advanced search - so you can make more specific searches when needed

Please let us know what you think! As ever your feedback is invaluable.

Thank you,

Katie @ MNHQ

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