Tip: Getting the right number of results
Just created a killer Filtr but not seeing any results? What gives? Below are a few suggestions to help you get your result set dialed in.
1) Adjust the Date and FiltrRank sliders
The two sliders at the top of the article pane are designed to help you restrict your view and see just the relevant information. They work great and any changes are shown immediately but be careful because being too restrictive can leave you with no articles in your view.
2) Select or de-select sources to help control the noise. The more sources you selected the more articles we will find. Twitter and Friendfeed can be controlled at either the global or filtr level. They can both be a bit noisy so include them at your discretion. Sources can be de-selected by clicking on each radio button to uncheck.
3) Selecting Filtrs - Make sure you have only the filtr topics you wish to view enabled by selecting their radio buttons. In this example I will see only the articles for Red Sox, Mac and money.
4) In the case of too few articles, you may have overly restrictive search terms. Remember the system is designed to persistently search for the key word or words in your filtr. In the example below I will only see articles that include all 5 terms biology, marine, whales, dolphins and plankton. To be more general you could replace the ANDs with ORs in which case you would get articles that have (biology and marine) or (biology and whales) or (biology and dolphins) or (biology and plankton).
5) Filtrbox is still searching for new articles. Unlike web search engines Filtrbox performs persistent search. This means that Filtrbox will continually search for articles that contain your Filtr until you modify or delete it. Our searches may take a little time to search the far ends of the internet and start bringing results back to you.
If you have tried these adjustments and you are still not seeing the results you think you should, give us a shout at support@filtrbox.com.
