# Searching the SDMB (or anywhere)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-sdmb-or-anywhere/564279>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-sdmb-or-anywhere/564279 "2010-12-15T20:40:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-sdmb-or-anywhere/564279/1 "2010-12-15T20:40:42Z")

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Is there a way I can search this site without using the built-in search function? I want to search on some words that are aparently too common.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-sdmb-or-anywhere/564279/2 "2010-12-15T20:41:26Z")

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google.

“site:boards.straightdope.com [words you want to search for]”  
without quotes

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-sdmb-or-anywhere/564279/3 "2010-12-15T20:59:52Z")

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From an ATMB sticky:  
[HOWTO: Search the SDMB using Google](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11650034#post11650034)

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**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-sdmb-or-anywhere/564279/4 "2010-12-15T21:46:20Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> google.
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> “site:boards.straightdope.com [words you want to search for]”  
> without quotes

Or with quotes (after the site:) if looking for a phrase.