KathieB Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Sometimes the limited ability of the forum's Search feature can be frustrating. I've just learned that Google.com can be used to search just one web site. You may find this useful here and for other sites you visit. Go to http://google.com and type in the following: site:greenleafdollhouses.com/forum [no www, no //, no spaces] then follow it with a space and the term you want to search I tested it with a couple of searches site:greenleafdollhouses.com/forum glue returned 3390 instances where glue is mentioned in a message site:greenleafdollhouses.com/forum glue "White Orchid" narrowed it down to 908 instances of glue specific to the White Orchid With a judicious choice of terms, a topic can be searched with great specificity. Using quotation marks ensure that the term is search as is and not variations. For instance, using the term "Gorilla glue" returned 140 instances where that particular type of glue is mentioned. site:greenleafdollhouses.com/forum "Gorilla glue" swelling Returned just two posts that discuss the swelling properties of Gorilla glue To use this method to search other websites, use the format above. It is not necessary to use the / symbol if you want to search an entire website but useful if you want to search just a part of it. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Thank you! I sometimes want to put my foot through the screen when what I'm searching for has four or fewer letters! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari Lynn Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Thank you, Kathie. This is really helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesp2k Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 thanks kathie... if you like pictures click the header Images 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Awesome tip Kathie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalesq Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 It's always nice to learn alternate ways of finding info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheckMouse Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Thank you, Kathie! Great to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarius1 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Yes, this is good advice. Please accept my thanks along with all the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Great advice Kathie! I have saved the info for future use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Great tip Kathie, I've pinned this topic! I can agree sometimes the search feature is frustrating. A few important notes about the forum-based searching: Since we have so many posts, it will only return results posted within the last 365 days/1 year. Multiple keywords entered are combined with 'AND'. So if you search "red fox" - it is interpreted as red AND fox, and will ONLY return results that contain both of those words. Unable to handle words that are shorter than 4 characters (too many false matches) and a limitation of the server software. So, google is sometimes a better option when looking for much older content or need to tweak your search a bit better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Aha! Thank you, Logan. I was wondering bout the time constraint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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