Searching this Forum
Racer
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 418
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From: Evansville IN
I have better luck finding my answers using Search Topics Only usually. It narrows it down a lot.
I posted about this in the help forum but didn't get any replies. I can get pretty creative also. Sometimes in a long thread I'll just search the thread again narrowing down what I'm looking for. It's on the far right at the top of the thread.
Using quote, as suggested before, doesn't seem to really just return phases in the quotes, it just looks for all the words. I use +whatever sometimes with some luck.
As mentioned, sometimes I can't find my own since I'm over 250 posts and as far as I can tell it's limited to that.
HTH
I posted about this in the help forum but didn't get any replies. I can get pretty creative also. Sometimes in a long thread I'll just search the thread again narrowing down what I'm looking for. It's on the far right at the top of the thread.
Using quote, as suggested before, doesn't seem to really just return phases in the quotes, it just looks for all the words. I use +whatever sometimes with some luck.
As mentioned, sometimes I can't find my own since I'm over 250 posts and as far as I can tell it's limited to that.
HTH
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Russell Ontario
St. Jude Donor '09
Yes I agree it's hard to find stuff on here , and it really Peevs me when some old boot, answers OH that's been answered 100 times before , DO A SHEARCH. not everybody is good at finding stuff on a computer.Be kind to the newbies . Ron
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Morristown New Jersey
Oldtimer
at times when one would be taken to task, whether I did a search or not, it was assumed by whichever grouch responded that way that I hadn't. 
Pro
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 567
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From: Lodi Ca.
I am sure that I am not the only one who finds the search engine in this forum makes it very hard to find what you are looking for. I have found if I just search Google with the same words I get straight to what I need in this forum.
This forum is great, I just find I can get what I need much easier by searching Google to get there.
This forum is great, I just find I can get what I need much easier by searching Google to get there.
I agree
Pro
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 567
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From: Lodi Ca.
Down side of doing that is that if you are logged into the forum, open another window to search via google, find a hit that you like and click on it you end up getting a session to the Forum that is not logged in and when you go back to your original window that was logged in you are now logged off.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Pittsburgh PA
!!!!There are a few here that seem to have no other contribution than to throw up the "DO A SEARCH" post. And if you start out saying you tried, they will be quick to tell you that you are a dummy that doesn't know how to do it right. If it bugs you so much, why not just hit the back button and ignore the question?
So what if it has been asked before? Maybe this time someone has a different approach. Perhaps things may have changed since that last thread. I have read a bunch of threads on the same subject after searching. Yes a lot of repetition but also sometimes you pick up a piece of info from different thread responces. So again, what does it hurt if it's been asked before?
I personally find it a bit more iritating when posts get burried because of all the vendor ad posts. But that's not my bussiness and someone has to pay the bills. Just saying a lot of repitition there too. But I digress.
As for searching..I have found that it helps if you use quotation marks. Such as " wheel spacers" Not sure why but it seems to narrow it down better.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Springfield IL.
Oldtimer
I use the search, but I spend a lot of time reading things and still don't get what I'm looking for sometimes. It does perturb me how some always says SEARCH or use the dead horse. If they don't want to answer the question, just hit the back button. I recently bought a AFE filter setup and spent at least 10 hours searhing for info on it. Still haven't found all the answers. I'll ask one of these days, and get the dead horse.
Le Mans Master
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From: Morristown New Jersey
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Le Mans Master
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Almost every auto/motorcycle forum I've been on has this function. Some are better than other but learning how to use them not only saves the poster a lot of time but keeps redundant noise out of the forum making the search results BETTER!
And for those that like horses:
And for those that like horses:
Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 261
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From: NC
Almost every auto/motorcycle forum I've been on has this function. Some are better than other but learning how to use them not only saves the poster a lot of time but keeps redundant noise out of the forum making the search results BETTER!
And for those that like horses:
And for those that like horses:
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Russell Ontario
St. Jude Donor '09
OK so in defence of who ever started this , can one of you very knowledgable people post instructons on doing a search or is this going to end with nobody learning anything! Without being sarcarstic of course
and for my knowledge too.
Search for Dummies. kind of thing
Ron
and for my knowledge too.
Search for Dummies. kind of thing
Ron
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Erie CO