MATLAB: Does Answers’ search engine really work

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When I run a search, there is no logic to the order of threads that get displayed. I search on a term I know is in the title of very recent threads, but get listings beginning last August. There is also, conspicuously, a lot less flexibility than the Newsgroup search engine: no separate searching according to tags, author, subject, etc…
Is there a trick to its use that I'm just not seeing?

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There is a pulldown list at the top of the hit list. It gives hits in terms of relevancy. I almost always have to change it to "By Date (Newest-Oldest)" because I'm trying to find some recent discussion that I remembered. To search by a tag, you can click on the tag, or else type "tag:"theTagYouWant"" into the search field. The tag has to be in double quotes no matter if it's one work or multiple words. I don't know how to search for author, "author:"Image Analyst" doesn't work for some reason.
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