# Searching in Thread Titles Only

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-thread-titles-only/243635>\
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**Created:** [May 5, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-thread-titles-only/243635 "2004-05-05T14:01:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-thread-titles-only/243635/1 "2004-05-05T14:01:32Z")

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How come when I search on a keyword and select “Search Titles Only” it returns threads with out the keyword in the title? I know I selected titles only, because I tried it several times. Is this feature working, or is it just me? For the record, the word was “miracles” and I limited the search to GD, yet only one of the five results had “miracles” in the title. What up?

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**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-thread-titles-only/243635/2 "2004-05-05T18:16:30Z")

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Apparently the new vbulletin software includes the titles of individual posts in the title search. Do the search again and select “show results as posts” to see what I mean.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-in-thread-titles-only/243635/3 "2004-05-05T18:46:07Z")

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Ah HA!! Right you are, **mkl12**! I never would have guessed it.