Currently, searches of posts can be made by author; I think it would be more helpful if we could search old threads/posts using key words. Most people can remember parts of a conversation that was previously had, and a google-style search would be more effective in finding old posts.
Originally posted by @vivify Currently, searches of posts can be made by author; I think it would be more helpful if we could search old threads/posts using key words. Most people can remember parts of a conversation that was previously had, and a google-style search would be more effective in finding old posts.
Just do a google search starting with site:redhotpawn.com.
Originally posted by @thinkofone From what I gather, google does not have access to the actual database. As such, more often than not, it's not going to get it done.
It doesn't need access to a database. It just needs to crawl the forum pages.
Originally posted by @thinkofone The point is that Google does not have all forum content available in its indexes. From my experience, it only has a small fraction.
As such, doing "a google search starting with site:redhotpawn.com" is a poor facility for finding old posts.
You are right: it does not work so well anymore. It used to work very well. I suspect the recent change to forced-https is to blame. I'll have to look into it.
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem You are right: it does not work so well anymore. It used to work very well. I suspect the recent change to forced-https is to blame. I'll have to look into it.
In my experience, it's never worked all that well.
I imagine that it's a combination of how Google crawls web pages and how RHP generates web pages that display forum content.
06 Mar '18 00:00
Search RHP threads with key words
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