# Google Search Help Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 5, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506 "2012-01-05T14:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/1 "2012-01-05T14:44:01Z")
Mods, is there any chance of you pulling out the very helpful Google search guide and making it its very own sticky? I think there are enough search questions in this forum that many people are still unaware of how easy/useful Google is in searching the boards, and the posts that demonstrate how to do it are buried in one of the FAQ threads. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/2 "2012-01-08T13:56:01Z")
You can find an excellent guide in the Technical FAQs: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11650034#post11650034](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11650034#post11650034) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/3 "2012-01-08T16:32:04Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > You can find an excellent guide in the Technical FAQs: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11650034#post11650034](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11650034#post11650034) I know - that’s why I mentioned it in my OP. What my request is is to take that guide, and make it it’s own separate thread. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/4 "2012-01-09T09:28:53Z")
Apologies, I obviously skipped through your wording too quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/5 "2012-01-11T00:56:52Z")
“[How to search the SDMB using Google](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638051)” is now its very own sticky thread. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/6 "2012-01-11T01:46:12Z")
TIP: If you just use “site:straightdope.com” in your search instead of “site: **boards**.straightdope.com”, it will search all of Cecil’s columns and the Staff Reports, **in addition to** the forums, all at once. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/7 "2012-01-11T14:11:57Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:5, topic:608506”] “[How to search the SDMB using Google](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638051)” is now its very own sticky thread. Enjoy! [/QUOTE] Awesome, thanks! I hope it helps out. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/8 "2012-01-11T19:57:41Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > TIP: If you just use “site:straightdope.com” in your search instead of “site: **boards**.straightdope.com”, it will search all of Cecil’s columns and the Staff Reports, **in addition to** the forums, all at once. Nice tip! Feel free to add it to the sticky. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/9 "2012-01-11T20:21:04Z")
Or not… Looks like it disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/10 "2012-01-11T20:32:07Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:8, topic:608506”] Nice tip! Feel free to add it to the sticky. [/quote] I actually would have, but it was/is locked. Feel free to add it yourself, though! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/11 "2012-01-12T13:38:05Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:5, topic:608506”] “[How to search the SDMB using Google](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638051)” is now its very own sticky thread. Enjoy! [/QUOTE] The thread exists, but I think it exists back in 2009. Did the sticky not stick? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/12 "2012-01-13T00:54:47Z")
_sigh_ I split the post off into its own thread not noticing that, since the old thread was locked, the new one ended up locked, too. I stickied the new one. Voltaire pointed out that the thread was locked. When I unlocked it, I accidentally unstuck it, too. It is now stickied _and_ unlocked. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/13 "2012-01-13T03:34:00Z")
This is why we shouldn’t send a wombat to do a mod’s job. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/15 "2012-01-13T14:36:22Z")
Sticky it to him Twicks. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/16 "2012-01-13T19:07:12Z")
Ouch! Burned by the Twickster! Better be careful there, young lady. I’ve heard that wombats bite 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/17 "2012-01-13T20:18:27Z")
Oh, they’re okay. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/18 "2012-01-14T03:05:56Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:16, topic:608506”] Ouch! Burned by the Twickster! Better be careful there, young lady. I’ve heard that wombats bite 😉 [/QUOTE] No worries, Gary. Just ask \*\*Twickster \*\*how her Zombie sticky is doing.. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/19 "2012-01-14T17:22:27Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > No worries, Gary. Just ask \*\*Twickster \*\*how her Zombie sticky is doing.. > -D/a I haven’t forgotten, I’ve just been swamped with paid work. #lifeofafreelancer Hope to get to it by the end of next week. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search-help-thread/608506/20 "2012-01-15T01:58:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I haven’t forgotten, I’ve just been swamped with paid work. #lifeofafreelancer > > Hope to get to it by the end of next week. I only bring it up because you were making fun of **Gary**.. 🙂 I’m behind on most of my projects, and don’t even have a good excuse. #lifeofalazybum -D/a