DonaldLL Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 I wanted to search for any post(s) with the term "long lines". I have tried using quotes; I have also tried using AND but doesn't seem to work. Is it possible to search for an exact phrase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revmoe Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 (edited) I wanted to search for any post(s) with the term "long lines". I have tried using quotes; I have also tried using AND but doesn't seem to work. Is it possible to search for an exact phrase? phrases are best handled outside the forum/software search tool, so ... using google search (not the forum search feature) like this... type this ENTIRE string in the google box... "long lines" site:revkites.com yields 284 hits, ALL with the phrase 'long lines' in posts... cheers 'moe Edited April 17, 2010 by revmoe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldLL Posted April 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Thank you Moe... this is perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genesant Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 That is one of the greatest search tips I have ever heard. I have had lots of trouble searching on sites that insist all words have at least 4 letters. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone in Shoe Bob Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Thank yo Moe, great Tip I will book mark that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revmoe Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 (edited) happy to see this is helpful! normally i LIKE searching within forum software, where one can limit the search to titles or a given subforum or member posts... for common or mega hit searches those are great ways to winnow the results. the "under 4 letters" thing is annoying and single term searches are often a limitation. ________ searching from outside the site/forum can be very easy using the "site:" operator... for example try the original search at the kitelife site... "long lines" site:kitelife.com about 60 hits, and many rev related, but not all. _______ technically to JUST search the forum area only these 2 searches should be site:revkites.com/forum or site:kitelife.com/forum but the results are basically the same on these 2 sites. _______ the "site:" operator can be used for ANY website (not just forums) or can be used to OMIT everything from any 1 site... for example "revolution kites" -site:ebay.com (add the MINUS sign) yields everything rev kite related WITHOUT ebay.... so virtually ANY website can be completely searched for REV related content using the proper search term and the essential part of the site url... "www." can be included but, again isn't usually needed. and the QUOTES mean results will on be both/all terms IN SEQUENCE.... for example "i want to buy a revolution kite" has NEVER been posted here... while the SAME terms without quotes gets 2000 hits (buy, kite, revolution, want) and "buy a revolution kite" has 2 hits (and IF a post is QUOTED, it will show up as 2 HITS) have fun searching with this simple trick! cheers 'moe Edited April 18, 2010 by revmoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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