Hot Deal alert gives false hits?

I submitted this as a bug report, but the good people here at SlickDeals asked me to post it here to see if anyone else is having this problem. To be clear, this is the first and only time I've seen a false hit like this (it's the first hit on this alert notice I've gotten since I set it up).

Message follows:

I've got a notice set up for the phrase "Wish You Were Here" so that if the WYWH Immersion box set goes on sale for a good price, I'll catch it. Today, I received a hit on the alert, but the phrase appears nowhere in the post. The individual words don't even all appear. The notification email, minus the footer about unsubscribing, etc, is here:

Dear kungfujoe:

We have found the following thread(s) matching one or more of your Instant Deal Alerts.

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Keyword: Wish You Were Here
Rating: Ignore rating
Forum: Hot Deals
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The following thread(s) matched:
PAULO COELHO (Author of The Alchemist) - 11 TOP E-BOOKS .99 CENTS each or $10.89 for all 11 E-Books via AMAZON!
http://slickdeals.net/da/mem-i/p4...997/r-9999
(mobile) http://m.slickdeals.net/da/mem-i/...997/r-9999

Quote from kungfujoe : I submitted this as a bug report, but the good people here at SlickDeals asked me to post it here to see if anyone else is having this problem. To be clear, this is the first and only time I've seen a false hit like this (it's the first hit on this alert notice I've gotten since I set it up). Message follows: I've got a notice set up for the phrase "Wish You Were Here" so that if the WYWH Immersion box set goes on sale for a good price, I'll catch it. Today, I received a hit on the alert, but the phrase appears nowhere in the post. The individual words don't even all appear. The notification email, minus the footer about unsubscribing, etc, is here: Dear kungfujoe: We have found the following thread(s) matching one or more of your Instant Deal Alerts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keyword: Wish You Were Here Rating: Ignore rating Forum: Hot Deals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following thread(s) matched: PAULO COELHO (Author of The Alchemist) - 11 TOP E-BOOKS .99 CENTS each or $10.89 for all 11 E-Books via AMAZON! http://slickdeals.net/da/mem-i/p4...997/r-9999 (mobile) http://m.slickdeals.net/da/mem-i/...997/r-9999

The poster actually had all the words in the post but later edited it. The alert was sent out before the edit.

Ah, that makes sense. Since I don't think I can see a post's edit history, thanks for checking that for me.

Did it just contain all the words or did it actually contain the phrase? According to the alert setup, the search term is supposed to be a phrase ("Keyword Phrase"), not an unordered list of keywords.

Quote from kungfujoe : Ah, that makes sense. Since I don't think I can see a post's edit history, thanks for checking that for me. Did it just contain all the words or did it actually contain the phrase? According to the alert setup, the search term is supposed to be a phrase ("Keyword Phrase"), not an unordered list of keywords.

Since your deal alert doesn't have quotes, it will give results if the post contains all the words. You'll need to use "Wish You Were Here" including the quotes for it to take into account the order of the words.