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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3154358, member: 56859&quot;]Very interesting.&nbsp; I rechecked the search I ran and found something I can&#039;t explain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before posting my mockup I ran an ACsearch search with the words &quot;seleukid AE serrate artemis apollo&quot; and got nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought perhaps the &quot;AE&quot; was causing a problem but it is not.&nbsp; I&#039;m able to use that term in other search strings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did the following test and cannot explain the results:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=seleukid+AE+serrate+artemis+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=seleukid+AE+serrate+artemis+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">seleukid AE serrate artemis apollo</a>&quot; = no results found</p><p>&quot;<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AE+serrate+artemis+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AE+serrate+artemis+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">AE serrate artemis apollo</a>&quot; = no results found</p><p>&quot;<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=seleukid+serrate+artemis+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=seleukid+serrate+artemis+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">seleukid serrate artemis apollo</a>&quot; = 4 results found, including the OP type)</p><p>&quot;<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=serrate+artemis+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=serrate+artemis+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">serrate artemis apollo</a>&quot; = 7 hits (three of the OP coin and four unrelated)</p><p>&quot;<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AE+serrate+artemis&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AE+serrate+artemis&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">AE serrate artemis</a>&quot; = 4 hits (all one type of Seleukid but not the OP type; why not?)</p><p>&quot;<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AE+serrate+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AE+serrate+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">AE serrate apollo</a>&quot; = 6 hits (none of the OP type; why not?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Can any of you explain this to me?&nbsp; I made the switch to ACsearch slowly over the last few months.&nbsp; Prior to that, when searching for comparisons or identifcations my first stop was always CNG archives and I was accustomed to their wonderful search engine.&nbsp; This test of ACsearch makes me wonder if my search results have been accurate.&nbsp; Apparently not! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add:&nbsp; The ligate Æ vs. non ligated AE might be the explanation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Annnnd edited again:&nbsp; Yep, that was it.&nbsp; If the listing has a ligated AE and I type the separate letters, it doesn&#039;t match and the results won&#039;t show.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, I&#039;m sure thankful for this thread because otherwise I might not have noticed this!&nbsp; I&#039;ll search more carefully now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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