search engine
stevegeerligs
May 16, 2009, 01:18 PM posted in General Discussionis anyone aware of troubles with the Chinesepod search engine? I have been trying to find other lessons around monks, such as buddhism and taoism and it comes up with nothing. I know this is wrong because there are at least two elementary lessons with monks in them. Any insight?
WillBuckingham
May 16, 2009, 03:41 PMI think that I read somewhere that there are plans afoot to improve the search function. In the meantime, it's possible to use Google advanced search, and to restrict the search to the chinesepod.com domain. You'll find monks aplenty by doing this: link.
henning
May 16, 2009, 03:48 PMstevegeerling,
it works OK if you activate "Expand search" and select all the checkboxes. For some secret reason "Lesson Dialogue & Vocabulary" and "Lesson Introduction" are de-selected in the default search.
WillBuckingham
May 16, 2009, 04:33 PMAha! That's handy, Henning. Thanks.
user76423
May 16, 2009, 07:52 PMhenning, sorry, but your tip does not work. The search engine is broken.
Just try "toilet" (there are so many toilet topic lessons). No results!
And: the glossary will not show up any example sentences.
But:
B0487 - The Clogged Toilet
A1134 - Toilet Types
Google is your good friend.
henning
May 16, 2009, 07:58 PMhape,
you are correct. The search function is obviously out of order - including, by the way, the Glossary search.
mikeinewshot
May 16, 2009, 01:48 PMI know - it is rubbish.
For some reason there seems to be complacency at Chinesepod that it is ok