Alternative to Forum Search Engine

A few months ago, I tried using the forum's "Search" feature, in order to find a specific post I'd made long ago. However, no matter the combination of search operators and search terms I used, the post never appeared in the search results.

Because search engines crawl and index websites, it finally occurred to me to use a search engine outside of the forum. First, I used DuckDuckGo. I found the "missing" post right away. Next, I replicated the results with Google.

For anyone who has experienced limited success with the forum's "Search" feature, perhaps the following will help.

Syntax:

"search term" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com


Explanation:

* The "search term" is the item for which you're searching. Example: Monolaurin
* The quotation marks means to return only search results with those word(s)
* AND is a Boolean operator and requires both terms ("X" AND "Y") to be returned
* The Lyme forum is #30 on HealingWell, so "f=30" means to search only that forum
* site:healingwell.com (no spaces) means to search only HealingWell.com


Implementation:

* Type or Copy/Paste the string (exactly as shown) into a search engine
* Edit the "search term" and replace it with your desired keyword(s)
* Click "Go," "Search," or "Enter"


Examples:

"monolaurin" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com
"EBV" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com
"Lysine" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com

NOTE: For the search terms (monolaurin, EBV, Lysine, etc.), capitalization shouldn't matter. However, I believe the Boolean operator AND should remain capitalized.


Try It Yourself:

* "monolaurin" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com
* "EBV" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com
* "Lysine" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com


Final Thoughts:

* In the above links, I used Google. But, DuckDuckGo, Bing, and Yahoo! also worked.
* You can add search terms: "monolaurin" AND "EBV" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com
* You can remove search terms: "monolaurin" site:healingwell.com
* There are other operators and tricks, but this post covers just a few basic concepts.

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Post Edited (The Dude Abides) : 2/22/2020 11:46:44 PM (GMT-7)

I also noticed the search worked better in the past here.

I’ll try duck duck for other stuff too maybe thanks

If you want to be more specific with two or more words seems like you need to put a coma between with no spaces?

Example searching for monolaurin and bartonella would be:

"monolaurin,bartonella" AND "f=30" site:healingwell.com

Only way I could make multiple words work.

Good post. I bet I could find some crazy stuff I've posted on here.

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