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To: Liz
(2) When searching titles, the best results are achieved using key words...

False.

Paste the full title into the search box and search under titles.

Works every time and does not rely on somebody's notion of what keywords ought to be.

30 posted on 10/26/2015 6:41:11 AM PDT by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: humblegunner; Liz
(2) When searching titles, the best results are achieved using key words...

False.

Paste the full title into the search box and search under titles.

Works every time and does not rely on somebody's notion of what keywords ought to be.

Liz probably meant "key words" as "significant words," not "key words" as "keywords."

For one thing, at least for me, I can't search for two or more keywords at once, anyway. If I enter two words with a space between them into a keyword search (such as "white house"), I get results instead for a single keyword that matches their combination ("whitehouse"). Maybe things are different for other users, but I find it more likely that Liz isn't referring to an attempted search using multiple keywords.

Also, searching for a few significant words is more likely to find an existing thread than will searching for an exact title. I've just now tried a few sample searches to confirm my previous experience, and they did confirm what I've seen before. Think about it as something like doing a search online: an exact search is good for finding a specific match, but a more general search is good for finding broader results.

35 posted on 10/27/2015 11:30:24 AM PDT by Lonely Bull ("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
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