Thread search strategy

[CaptainBlack]

In the past we used to have options on the search window to search MHF,
Mathworld or Wikipedia, which we no longer have.

Now I never had much success searching for threads on MHF that I knew
existed using the MHF option, so there is no great loss in it no longer being
available. But I still have a requirement to search for threads that I know
exist.

The strategy that I have developed to do this is to use Google with a
string such as "mathhelpforum captainblack ketword1 keyword1 ..." Now as
the search engines are cataloguing what is posted here every 10 days or so
this should turn up the thread/s of interest if they are old enough.

Experiment shows that this strategy works rather well (at least for me).

RonL

[Quick]

Originally Posted by CaptainBlack

In the past we used to have options on the search window to search MHF,
Mathworld or Wikipedia, which we no longer have.

Now I never had much success searching for threads on MHF that I knew
existed using the MHF option, so there is no great loss in it no longer being
available. But I still have a requirement to search for threads that I know
exist.

The strategy that I have developed to do this is to use Google with a
string such as "mathhelpforum captainblack ketword1 keyword1 ..." Now as
the search engines are cataloguing what is posted here every 10 days or so
this should turn up the thread/s of interest if they are old enough.

Experiment shows that this strategy works rather well (at least for me).

RonL

Or you could use the search option in the navbar (the top blue bar where your usercp is)

[CaptainBlack]

Originally Posted by Quick

Or you could use the search option in the navbar (the top blue bar where your usercp is)

Except it does not work as well for some reason.

RonL

[Quick]

I found something interesting


If you want to search a specific site for a keyword, the you type in:

site:www.yoursitehere.com


For example, type in "pi site:www.mathhelpforum.com" into the google search bar