# Searching

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 21, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636 "2014-04-21T22:08:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![trip29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@trip29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trip29)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636/1 "2014-04-21T22:08:55Z")

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Hey

I admit I’m new but is the ‘search’ option just the worst I’ve ever seen anywhere or am I doing something wrong? I put in the user name, I know it’s right, but the search get’s me 5 answers, all with user names that aren’t even close to what 'looking for!

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636/2 "2014-04-22T03:46:41Z")

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Yes, the search isn’t very good.

Tell us what words you were searching for and what userid. The former should be entered in the field captioned “keyword(s)” and the userid in “user name”.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636/3 "2014-04-22T12:34:47Z")

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[How to search the SDMB using google](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638051).

The best way to search.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636/4 "2014-04-22T14:43:15Z")

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No, it’s not the worst in my opinion, because I have seen worse. But, yeah, it’s not great, either.

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**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:** [April 22, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636/5 "2014-04-22T15:05:15Z")

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This is why I print out every thread and file them away according to the Dewey Decimal System for later reference.

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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636/6 "2014-04-22T15:43:46Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> This is why I print out every thread and file them away according to the Dewey Decimal System for later reference.

I do that for the whole internet. I’ve found that printing each page saves drive space.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636/7 "2014-04-23T01:20:32Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> This is why I print out every thread and file them away according to the Dewey Decimal System for later reference.

Get modern! I just cut-and-paste every thread to my own web site, which I can then search as desired with Google. 🙂