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[ncjharris]

I know that one of the small peeves of some users here is the inability of IPB searches to use text strings smaller than 3 characters. This rules out some oft-searched phrases, like CO2, kH, pH etc and can lead to many questions being asked again and again.

However, something occured to me the other day; you can use google to search within a domain name, and there is no limit to the characters used.
More details on it here.

I have quickly tried it on the search "CO2" and it appears to work well, but you are obviously searching the whole site, so there are a lot of returns (presumably why you can't do it in IPB to start with). However, I guess you can substitute the url you are searching for with a longer one for the sub forum.

Ironically, I haven't searched to see if anyone has posted this elsewhere on the site, so please excuse me if this is duplicated elsewhere!!

 

[Captain Retardo]

ooooohh, I see!

Thanks ncjharris!

 

[William]

I am pleased to say that following a recent upgrade we are now able to allow searches of words two letters and above- this should make things a lot easier when looking for things such as pH and acronyms.

 

[OohFeeshy]

If it's annoying anyone else, the 'similar thread' bit has a minimize button that seems to stay minimized.

 

[stumpy57]

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