Searches - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mister Underhill*** · 12-07-2010, 09:34 PM

The site has a pretty powerful search tool, but I've also found that Google can be pretty persuasive in coaxing lost threads out of the aether.

Try using site:forum.barrowdowns.com as the first term, then whatever you're trying to search on. Note that terms in quotes will return that exact phrase -- this is what can make Google a little more powerful than the native search feature.

So for instance, if I wanted to find a particular post that I remember from a thread that was about Arwen, and Esty posted in it, and I remembered that somebody used the phrase "it will teach him wisdom" in the thread, I could search like this:

Code:

site:forum.barrowdowns.com arwen "estelyn telcontar" "it will teach him wisdom"

...and it will pull the exact thread I'm looking for. It's a good way to make a very narrow search if you remember some key phrase from an old thread.

12-07-2010, 09:34 PM	#4
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	The site has a pretty powerful search tool, but I've also found that Google can be pretty persuasive in coaxing lost threads out of the aether. Try using site:forum.barrowdowns.com as the first term, then whatever you're trying to search on. Note that terms in quotes will return that exact phrase -- this is what can make Google a little more powerful than the native search feature. So for instance, if I wanted to find a particular post that I remember from a thread that was about Arwen, and Esty posted in it, and I remembered that somebody used the phrase "it will teach him wisdom" in the thread, I could search like this: Code: site:forum.barrowdowns.com arwen "estelyn telcontar" "it will teach him wisdom" ...and it will pull the exact thread I'm looking for. It's a good way to make a very narrow search if you remember some key phrase from an old thread.