SDMB Searches - WTF?

I just submitted a thread on the Cafe Society MB, and was dutiful in doing a search before I submitted to try to avoid a redundant thread. So I hit “search” and typed in “Beatles” (the question has to do with whether the Beatles were truly the first band to purposely misspell their names, or whether their fame just made their doing it all the rage…) and the search came back with nothing. I have seen a number of Beatles threads on the various boards, so something is up.

I am very open to some “D’oh!”-level obvious thing I am doing wrong and will hang my head in shame if such is the case. But are there any obvious tips?

Patiently awaiting your coaching while hoping the abuse and sarcasm will be kept to a manageable minimum,

WordMan

You must get all the options correct. You have to select the correct search forum, and specify and more realistic date range. I am always searching ATMB in the past five days for something that would never be there.

This belongs in ATMB, not GQ, so I’ll move it. NMKIA is right: a whole-thread search of ATMB over the last 5 days is the default. You have to change the settings.

bibliphage
moderator GQ

thanks for moving the thread and the coaching - I will check it out…