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Old 08-03-2020, 06:14 PM   #1
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Search Help

I often read on occasion where one poster may tell another that a simple search would bring up all kinds of information

If that is true what is the secret to how to use the Search 90% of the time I get "No Results" . Don't get me wrong, I know search can work but it is simplistic at best.

i.e. Today I was wanting to search to get all of the new posts that posted to the Winnebago Industries Owners Forum, but I could not do. I am sure it can be done, but what is the trick or what am I missing. I even tried to conduct search in Winnebago Industries Owners Forum with the keyword "the" but got nada.

FWIW, I did Search on Help and I must have got every thread that was ever created since the dawn of time.
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Old 08-04-2020, 06:26 AM   #3
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I always search here.
Thank you I will try that in the future and see how it goes.

FWIW, I always thought that was an Ad, where they try to trick you to click on something that is either annoying or you have no interest in?
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A link to our Forum 101 thread is included in a welcome email to every new member. Here’s the post where this is mentioned.


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I too have always had problems searching in a forum. Today, I tried looking for one word in one Owners Forum and the result was showed several pages of "hits". But not a single thread or post showed. What am I doing wrong?

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Old 08-05-2020, 05:23 PM   #6
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I too have always had problems searching in a forum. Today, I tried looking for one word in one Owners Forum and the result was showed several pages of "hits". But not a single thread or post showed. What am I doing wrong?

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Ditto on this search box. The other one is all but useless.

I suggest opening searches in new tabs or you may lose your place and wonder how to find the thread you were looking at if that is the reason for the search.

A bit confusing I know but give it a try.

Just type into the place that says powered by Google. You will be amazed at how much can come up.
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And - externally from IRV2.COM - from a Google or DuckDuckGo search box, you can enter

“Subject” site:irv2.com

Replace “subject” with what you’re looking for, so for example

Winnebago site:Irv2.com

Google doesn’t let you sort results on date so you’ll need to browse the results for what interests you
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And - externally from IRV2.COM - from a Google or DuckDuckGo search box, you can enter

“Subject” site:irv2.com

Replace “subject” with what you’re looking for, so for example

Winnebago site:Irv2.com

Google doesn’t let you sort results on date so you’ll need to browse the results for what interests you
Me like this “Subject” site:irv2.com

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#2 no help to me.

I just did an "Advanced Search" in the Outdoors RV Owners forum. My only search item was my user name "IdahoBob). Here are my results. 1310 hits but no posts or threads showing on any of the 27 pages. So why is this happening?

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If you use the search box in post #2 and search for something other than your name you may be surprised. Tell me what your wanting to search and I’ll test it out for you.
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#2 no help to me.

I just did an "Advanced Search" in the Outdoors RV Owners forum. My only search item was my user name "IdahoBob). Here are my results. 1310 hits but no posts or threads showing on any of the 27 pages. So why is this happening?

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I am not sure you searched per the intent of post #2? Looks like you did an Advanced Search; if so they are saying the results are not accurate or not reliable. If you go to window per instruction in post #2, it will take you to this site if you search on Idaho Bob

https://www.google.com/search?q=idah...earch=irv2.com
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If you use the search box in post #2 and search for something other than your name you may be surprised. Tell me what your wanting to search and I’ll test it out for you.
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I just am trying to learn how to use the iRV2 search options. I do not have a specific search in mind. But as an example I searched on my Username and got no results. That would seem like a really simple search. Why can't iRV2 "experts" tell me why that does not work?

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Ditto on this search box. The other one is all but useless.

I suggest opening searches in new tabs or you may lose your place and wonder how to find the thread you were looking at if that is the reason for the search.

A bit confusing I know but give it a try.

Just type into the place that says powered by Google. You will be amazed at how much can come up.
https://www.google.com/search?q=idah...earch=irv2.com

I just put your username in the box and this is what I came up with.

The search feature that is next to the quick links had never ever worked worth a hoot.
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