[mn-bush-man]

Already posted.

[max americana]

this thread is going to close and locked in 3, 2..

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Do not search full titles. Choose one or two unique words that are at least 5 letters long.

It works.

[Twotone]

I posted an article once after doing a search. Nothing came up, but later I did find a second thread (prior to mine) where the poster had put the author’s name first. The mods didn’t catch me though, as the threads were a week apart.

[NEMDF]

Aren’t you supposed to mark VANITY on vanity threads? This would seem to be pretty series....

[bcsco]

Exact title searches are your enemy. Search for relative keywords (more than one).

[Admin Moderator]

Jim told us we could snark anytime we want. It’s one of the perks of being a mod.

[BykrBayb]

Way too many duplicates and vanities. Please read - again. (Welcome Newbies)

Volume 3 ^ | 7-27-04 | AM

Posted on July 27, 2004 4:11:46 PM EDT by Admin Moderator

We are asking that you all follow these simple posting rules, search before posting, use links and sources when possible, and excerpt as required. Please take a moment to read. We need your cooperation.

[dynachrome]

Search works fine for me. One or two main words from the title, not the entire title, and make sure it hasn’t defaulted to keywords on ya. Spelchek on the other hand.....

[Keith in Iowa]

You don’t need to pate entire article titles to search... there is a concept known as keywords - take ONE WORD from a title, and search on that... your choice of words will dramatically impact the quality of your search. And the word should be more than three letters... just a hint :)

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I don't like the way the search is implemented. This is the only sight which has the search boxes this way.

It is not intuitive and annoying.

Why can't we have search like the Advanced search on Google where we can put key words in a key word box, titles in a title box, etc. Or why not just let us type into a box and list the appropriate control words with a couple of examples?

[Hot Tabasco]

I always SEARCH before I post.

Well aren't you just special?

[Bean Counter]

Snarky Mods??

HERE??

I’m just shocked. SHOCKED I tell you!

...

[newzjunkey]

Just pick out an uncommon word or two from the title and ‘title’ search on those. It works reliably.

[cynwoody]

What generally works best is a Google search qualified with site:freerepublic.com.

All FR pages contain a little Google bug that apparently causes Google to notice whenever a new version of an FR page is posted. That means Google's index is exceptionally up to date for FR pages.

<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-2288668-1"; urchinTracker();</script>