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Google search is a useful alternative to the native forum search for several reasons. Primarily, the forum software search has an imposed restriction on terms of 3 characters or less or terms that are over 20 characters. | Google search is a useful alternative to the native forum search for several reasons. Primarily, the forum software search has an imposed restriction on terms of 3 characters or less or terms that are over 20 characters. | ||
This restriction is a performance related measure. | This restriction is a performance related measure. | ||
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'''''Example:''''' | '''''Example:''''' | ||
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Searching for carafoam-carapils-maltodextrine will yield the following error. | Searching for carafoam-carapils-maltodextrine will yield the following error. | ||
| − | Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. | + | ''Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. '' |
| − | The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : carafoam-carapils-maltodextrine | + | |
| + | ''The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : '''carafoam-carapils-maltodextrine''''' | ||
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| − | Other common brewing terms that will yield a search error: | + | '''''Other common brewing terms that will yield a search error:''''' |
*O2 | *O2 | ||
*Keg | *Keg | ||
*Dry Hop | *Dry Hop | ||
*"Hop Rod Rye" | *"Hop Rod Rye" | ||
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Note that the inclusion of quotation marks does not matter in the forum search. | Note that the inclusion of quotation marks does not matter in the forum search. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:07, 21 May 2007
You can use a Google to search the Homebrewtalk.com forum.
How To
Use Google search as you normally would but also add : site:www.homebrewtalk.com
to the end of your search. It is important that the word site is in lowercase and there are no spaces.
Example:
- To search for CO2 Enter the following terms in the Google search box
- CO2 site:www.homebrewtalk.com
- The following page will be rendered
- http://www.google.com/search?q=CO2+site%3Awww.homebrewtalk.com
Why Use It?
Google search is a useful alternative to the native forum search for several reasons. Primarily, the forum software search has an imposed restriction on terms of 3 characters or less or terms that are over 20 characters. This restriction is a performance related measure.
Example:
Searching for carafoam-carapils-maltodextrine will yield the following error.
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : carafoam-carapils-maltodextrine
Other common brewing terms that will yield a search error:
- O2
- Keg
- Dry Hop
- "Hop Rod Rye"
Note that the inclusion of quotation marks does not matter in the forum search.
