A Tool to help with FR searches before posting.

1/8/03 | Bloody Sam Roberts

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Forgive me if this is viewed as a useless vanity posting. I don't believe it is.

I have discovered a way to search Free Republic for any word that is 3 letters or less.

As you may or may not know, the FR search function doesn't work on words that are less than 4 letters.

The way to do this is simple. First go to Google.
The word "site" followed by a colon enables you to restrict your search to a specific site. To do this, use the site:sampledomain.com syntax in the Google search box. For example, to find all threads relating to the NFL simply type this into the Google search box:

NFL site:www.freerepublic.com

Your search results will display a list of topics on FR relating to the NFL. This will be helpful in hunting down threads relating to SUV, FBI, etc...etc.

Happy Hunting!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Yes, but there a couple of thousand!

[RonDog]

The trick, of course, is that you have to GUESS what other 4+ letter word would be in the subject line of the thread that you seek...

[Diddle E. Squat]

And in another vein, maybe they can add a feature that highlights wit not meant to be taken literally!

I just hope the Church doesn't try to burn you at the stake for suggesting a tag line. (Using a single 't' may spare you, for now.)

[TigersEye]

bttt to keep tabs

[Rebelbase]

A Tool to help with FR searches before posting.

[Valin]

Bump

[Billthedrill]

One more BTT and then to bed.

[madfly]

thanks

[dark_lord]

Conversely, very few FR threads are ever linked to from outside FR, and thus they never make it into the Google database.

Hmmm. Well, there are tens of thousands of FReepers, right? So why don't we just add FR taglines to posts in other forums, as well as adding them to our homepages? That could be helpful.

[dixie sass]

Thanks