# Google Board search lets you search thread titles!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-board-search-lets-you-search-thread-titles/490156>\
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**Created:** [March 20, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-board-search-lets-you-search-thread-titles/490156 "2009-03-20T13:52:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-board-search-lets-you-search-thread-titles/490156/1 "2009-03-20T13:52:40Z")

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I tried to use my allotted 5-min SDMB search to search for “google” in the title of threads, but I got a database error! :mad:

So, I used google’s advanced search, then went to the plus sign at “Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more” and then used the options under “Where your keywords show up:”. :eek:

I think this is pretty fantastic, although I’m sure that feature has been available on google for a decade now… but I think it will become my new primary search tool for surfing the SD! 🙂

…and now to time how long it takes this thread to show up on google!

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**Author:** ![Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-board-search-lets-you-search-thread-titles/490156/2 "2009-03-20T14:54:30Z")

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an hour later… still not indexed by Google. Bummer. But it will surely get better over time. Perhaps the mere fact that I am replying to my post will bump up its priority for indexing. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-board-search-lets-you-search-thread-titles/490156/3 "2009-03-24T17:49:52Z")

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Google Alerts just alerted me at 1:33 that it found my [Who made this Keeley Hazell-worn bra?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511504), which was posted at 10:21am. So, the turnaround time for a new SDMB post showing up via Google seems to be about 3 hours.