Limited results being returned/Missing Volumes

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#1  Edited By matthewlupo

It seems that in searching not all results are actually being returned. For example, if one searches for Red Skull, only two results come back. (This search has been updated for the new AND search operator being required) See below for an example query. And there are others like I, Vampire, Red Sonja, Captain America, Captain America & Bucky, Green Lantern, Iron Man... And more. All of these are missing specific volumes. The volumes can be found in searches for more generic terms like "Green" or "Captain". Just wondering if there was a change, or a bug somewhere.

This seems to be happing for the main search too as: http://www.comicvine.com/search/?q=red+skull&indices%5B%5D=volume only returns two results.

http://www.comicvine.com/api/search/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json&query=red%20AND%20skull&resources=volume

Even the more open: http://www.comicvine.com/api/search/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json&query=red%20skull&resources=volume only returns two results.

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#2  Edited By comictagger

I have problem too, maybe due to similar problems:

Searching for the 1955 Blue Beetle series: here: http://www.comicvine.com/blue-beetle/4050-1668/

The following two queries, while returning a number volumes with words "blue" and "beetle" don't return the one I'm looking for:

http://www.comicvine.com/api/search/?api_key=27431e6787042105bd3e47e169a624521f89f3a4&format=json&resources=volume&query=blue+beetle&field_list=name,id,start_year,count_of_issues

http://www.comicvine.com/api/search/?api_key=27431e6787042105bd3e47e169a624521f89f3a4&format=json&resources=volume&query=blue+AND+beetle&field_list=name,id,start_year,count_of_issues

If I do a query with only "beetle", it shows up:

http://www.comicvine.com/api/search/?api_key=27431e6787042105bd3e47e169a624521f89f3a4&format=json&resources=volume&query=beetle&field_list=name,id,start_year,count_of_issues

Like @matthewlupo I'm trying to figure out if I should be using the API differently, or if there are issues on your side. Just a few words to let us know if we should change our queries, or sit tight while you clear up things on your end would be immensely helpful.

Thanks!

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Also the search on the homepage is giving bad results, but somehow the 'search-as-you-type'-resultset is giving correct results?

For example when I search on 'Hellspawn #1'. I will only get three results when searching, when the number 1 appears also in #14, #16, #17, etc. But when you look in the 'search-as-you-type'-resultset, number #1 is present (see screenshot below).

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