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Entering the following term in the Google serach box: | Entering the following term in the Google serach box: | ||
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CO2 site:www.homebrewtalk.com | CO2 site:www.homebrewtalk.com | ||
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will render the following page: | will render the following page: | ||
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http://www.google.com/search?q=CO2+site%3Awww.homebrewtalk.com | http://www.google.com/search?q=CO2+site%3Awww.homebrewtalk.com | ||
| − | The Google search is a useful alternative to | + | The 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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 19:32, 21 May 2007
You can use a Google to search the Homebrewtalk.com forum.
Entering the following term in the Google serach box:
CO2 site:www.homebrewtalk.com
will render the following page:
http://www.google.com/search?q=CO2+site%3Awww.homebrewtalk.com
The 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 yoed 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.
