Advanced Search- after a decade, isn't it about time?


View Poll Results: eHarmony needs an ADVANCED Search function
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JohnK67 is offline JohnK67 Post #1  April 29,2010, 1:17pm
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So as I've described in other threads, I have about 100 matches in the Communication Tab. No, I'm not doing anything wrong... eHarmony suggests to give everyone plenty of time to respond, so I do. I get 6 to 10 matches per day and I close out a few immediately but you can imagine 100 will pile up in only a few weeks.

Meanwhile, I've griped about trudging through these 100 matches and how it takes me about 2 hours. I need to find the ones that need nudging, the ones without photos, the ones I've decided not to wait any longer, etc. Sometimes while clicking down the list of 40 matches/page, it's impossible to know where I left off especially if I closed out the last one. "wait, did I just look at Sue or was she next in line?" Then darn, I clicked into Sue again! Only 99 profiles to go... I give up and more just pile on top.

In another thread I suggested a visual aid of thumbnail photos in the match list which would help me see where I left off or help me recognize profiles easier.

Let's face it, the sort function is helpful when you want to find your oldest matches, or find the ones you're communicating with... but sort is USELESS when you want to find other things...

How about this...

Advanced Search?

The existing eHarmony search is just too limited! You have to know the person's name or town... this grossly assumes you are searching for somebody you already know.

I'm not reinventing the wheel here... eHarmony NEEDS an ADVANCED search function.

EXAMPLES:

- Search and display only a list of profiles lacking a photo.
- Search and display only a list of profiles where a nudge is available.
- Search and display only a list of profiles where they have no children at home.
- Search and display only a list of profiles where you can send an icebreaker.
- Search and display only a list of profiles in a certain Communication Stage.
- Search and display only a list of profiles that are Flexible Matches.
- Search for a blurb of text you thought you read in a profile.
- Age ranges, match date ranges, time elapsed since last communication, distance ranges, etc.
- Search ANY combination of the criteria above and more.

Based on eHarmony's nearly decade long lack of Advanced Search, you'd think this is rocket surgery ...

EVERY single computer database on the planet has very complex search abilities built in. It's only up to the programmers & webmasters to utilize it and provide an interface.

Online Auctions
Online Social Networks
Online Classifieds
Online Discussion Forums
Online Search Engines

... these are only some of the types of sites that use databases and their mysterious "search technology".

Can you imagine the opposite? What if Google replaced it's search function with eHarmony's? You'd only be able to find sites where you already know the URL.
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Definitely. It would make re-finding matches much easier. I was excited when I first saw that there appeared to be a search function -- and then immediately disappointed when I saw how limited (useless) it was.

Why not a word search so you can search for words in your matches' profiles?
 
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I think this is a great idea, too. I also have suggested thumb nails next to the matches name. Would help greatly. A search function would help even more.
 
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While they're at it, can they fix the people search function on these boards? They seem to work erratically. At times I've tried to do a search to send someone a PM and get the 'no name exists' message. I know they're around here. So I have to go find one of their posts then click their profile to send a message.
 
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Oh; the search function on these boards is next to worthless. Just use Google to search the boards; it works much better.

There was a promise at one point before a major upgrade some time ago that it would fix the search function, but unfortunately that never happened...
 
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Not to drive my own thread too far off-topic, I'd like to mention that this board is using a purchased off-the-shelf software package called vBulletin.

They're using version 3.8.1 and version 4 is available for an upgrade fee.

Not making excuses but this is something they'd have to get vBulletin to address or they'd need to switch to a better product like phpbb which would probably mean losing all existing topics and starting over.

As far as my original topic, the eHarmony database and technology was written and developed just for eHarmony.

My guess is that the web development team on the Advice site is a different group/department than the engineering team on their Matching site.

My point: It should be far easier for them to implement an Advanced Search function on their own product (the Matching site/database system) than re-engineering somebody else's product (the vBulletin software here in Discussion site).
 
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I think the mouse-over feature in the whos viewed me tab would be nice if it were implemented globally. It would make checking for pictures in archived matches much quicker.
 
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1quickslovak wrote :
I think the mouse-over feature in the whos viewed me tab would be nice if it were implemented globally. It would make checking for pictures in archived matches much quicker.
I'll go one further and ask, why force you to mouse-over in the first place? There's certainly enough room to include the thumbnails right on the list of matches.

What about the ability to do an Advanced Search/Filter? Wouldn't searching and filtering out people without a photo be helpful?
 
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Not sure what searching in my matches is going to provide me. If it is the matches turn to respond then there is very little reason for me to care what is on their profile. If it is my turn to do something then they are at the top of the list in the Communicating folder and there is a red button telling me what to do.

The only time I have had a need to search for a match was when a closed match had sent a Final Message which generated a Re-Open request. While it would have been a bit helpful to search on (name) AND (city) it was not too difficult to determine which was the correct match. Of course now both sending Final Messages and having a match request that you Re-Open have been eliminated.
 
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Gr8Guyn2008 wrote :
Not sure what searching in my matches is going to provide me. If it is the matches turn to respond then there is very little reason for me to care what is on their profile. If it is my turn to do something then they are at the top of the list in the Communicating folder and there is a red button telling me what to do.
Perhaps it's not for everyone but having this option could be helpful to some.

In my situation, I always seems to have about 80 to 100 matches in the Communication tab. Most are at Stage 1 with zero communication.

It's time to decide which ones to close out.

-> I want to quickly filter out the ones without photos.

It's time to nudge some of these so...

-> I want to quickly filter out the ones ready for a nudge.

As it stands, I have to literally click inside of 80+ profile pages to identify which ones need this kind of attention... this takes a considerable amount of time. Putting off the task exacerbates the problem since more new matches just pile on.

My suggestion to have an advanced search is not intended as an aide to manage the small number of people I'm in communicating with, but as an aide to help me clear out the remainder who are not responding.
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