My search function sucks
 

For instance, I wrote in a thread about some art that somebody posted, and I was interested in buying...

"$400 for a 16x30 print? not today, not today."

NOW, I want to find that thread so I can research the artist a little more, and I try to search for "$400" and "not today. not today" - both return no results. This must be fixable, can anybody help?

try searching for "print" (without quotes)

I got 4 results... does that tell you anything?

It'sa fairly new forum, but presently there are... 553 threads and 12378 posts

Is this an import or just a new instlal?

new install

Some comon words like "not" are being excluded from the searchlist, this also goes for short words. To check how long a word must be to be included on a search, check:
AdminCP->vBulletin Options->Message Searching Options->Search Index Minimum Word Length

that made it a bit better, thank you :)