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840 218 November 4, 2025 at 04:48 PM
Is it just me or has Slickdeals search function gotten worse recently? I think the site has been doing some cosmetic changes, but didn't notice a functional change until now.

Searching for deals used to be pretty reliable. Now the search results seem almost randomized, sometimes barely related to what you searched for. And this is with the default sort of "relevance" which should give the most relevant results.

I wonder if y'all changed the underlying search engine or something. Yesterday I gave up and searched on Google instead, adding "Slickdeals" to my query. That gave me the exact results I was looking for. But I'd rather just search here. Please change it back.
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Quote from BeigeIdea523 :
Is it just me or has Slickdeals search function gotten worse recently? I think the site has been doing some cosmetic changes, but didn't notice a functional change until now.

Searching for deals used to be pretty reliable. Now the search results seem almost randomized, sometimes barely related to what you searched for. And this is with the default sort of "relevance" which should give the most relevant results.

I wonder if y'all changed the underlying search engine or something. Yesterday I gave up and searched on Google instead, adding "Slickdeals" to my query. That gave me the exact results I was looking for. But I'd rather just search here. Please change it back.
It's not just you, the results can be frustrating. The search was entirely replaced due to necessary updates and with the goal of making it better. It's not there yet, but the search team is working on it.
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