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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:33 pm    Post subject: strange link error Reply with quote

I found this error searching for "DIY ground cable strap" Search: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/search.php?q=DIY%20ground%20cable%20strap

This link is served: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=418938&view=next called "DIY ground cable strap".
Which seems OK but if you click on it....

.....it links to an entirely different post https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9681984#9681984

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The proper post that "DIY ground cable strap" should link to is: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9781325&highlight=#9781325
"Direct starter to chassis - DIY ground cable strap"
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 9:50 pm    Post subject: Re: strange link error Reply with quote

It's because it gave you link with "next" on the end, which gives you the next topic in that forum after that one

It's sort of a weird search result.

Here's the one before "next", which I got by going to that link and pressing previous
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=418938
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:06 pm    Post subject: Re: strange link error Reply with quote

OK I see 'view=next', wonder why it adds that?
But deleting "&view=next" ( https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=418938)
is the wrong thread also.

The (correct0 post that it shows the sample of...... is this one: "DIY ground cable strap" : https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9781325&highlight=#9781325

But anyway you're saying its some strangeness outside of your wheelhouse (such as a browser error?).
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:10 pm    Post subject: Re: strange link error Reply with quote

Arggg, it probably changed since you originally searched or the Forums were indexed by Google.

The next/previous topic is ordered by date of the latest post so it can change all the time on recent topics.

This is annoying.

FYI, this is the actual thread link
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=763545
You linked to the first post in the thread, which is sort of the same, it just jumps down the page a tiny bit
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: strange link error Reply with quote

Google searches of the Samba don’t work well anymore.

I used to be confident in my ability to find threads.
Now its hit/miss whether Google will find a thread that I know exists.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:07 pm    Post subject: Re: strange link error Reply with quote

Unfortunately I can't control Google.

If you haven't already done it, sometimes it works better using quotes around things for a better match

Searching for
"1963 15-Window"
vs
1963 15-Window
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