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It's like their search function is worse than reddit. Is it on purpose and is there like a trick to make it function right? Are there better alternatives, has anyone built an api for them? They do seem to have a lot and quality links - search is just terrible

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[–] georgestraitpridemonth@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You have to use both author + title or use the advanced search to specify the title otherwise it tries to search the full contents of all torrents on the entire site. Personally I found myanonmouse to be lacking a lot of things I found on ABB plus all the baggage that comes with being on a private tracker

[–] SDK@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s garbage. Myanonamouse for the win.

[–] CapnAssHolo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Man ABB is actually a pretty good public tracker for audiobooks. I've used it back when all I had was a broadband internet connection.

But yeah i agree. MaM ftw

The search isn't the greatest but I can usually find whatever I'm after. Sometimes searching for either title or author works best.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What kind of book are you trying to find? I've never had a problem.

[–] MrBlank@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It generally works better when you put your search query within quotes and scroll down to check at least 4-5 results to see whether any worthwhile results are there.

Other than that I don’t think there is much of a problem with the search function.

[–] dudemanbro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I always search by author and then either add a key word from the specific book title or the whole book title I am looking for. Works well enough.

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