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HappyOne

Silver Member
Joined
May 11, 2001
Messages
197
Location
North Central OK
Tractor
L5740HSTC
I must be doing something wrong when searching. I never get results I want unless I search a single word. If searching for front loader, I will get results with only Front or Loader and some that have absolutely no relavence to front loaders. Is there a guide to help make me a better searcher?
 
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Use google to do your search like this:


l5040 site:tractorbynet.com

Try it - it works!
 
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Use the "Google Custom Search" at the top of the page...

Aaron Z

I don't have any "Google Custom Search" at the top of the page.:confused3:

Oops, yes I do have it. Thanks for the tip.
 
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Use the "Google Custom Search" at the top of the page...

Aaron Z

great hit, I never noticed that box before and it works better than anything I have tried.
 
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great hit, I never noticed that box before and it works better than anything I have tried.
Its fairly recent... As I understand, it does not search the Regional forums, the Front Porch or the Friendly Politics forum...

Aaron Z
 
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Sorry to give you a bum steer...I use the iPhone app 99% of the time, and we sure don't have the google search feature on the app :(
 
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I usually avoid the Google search boxes on sites. Most forum sites I use have decent search built in but TBN must have theirs disabled. Thanks for all the replies, I now have the tools to do a decent search.
 
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I usually avoid the Google search boxes on sites. Most forum sites I use have decent search built in but TBN must have theirs disabled. Thanks for all the replies, I now have the tools to do a decent search.
The problem with the built in one is that it is an "OR" search, so if I put in "Deere 755" it finds any posts with the word Deere OR the number 755. It is not the more normal AND search which would require that both Deere AND 755 be present to return a post.

Aaron Z
 
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You are correct, it doesn't search any private forums. Only public forums.
 

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