Search not working right

[iflybeech]

go to handguns for sale
Search on LCP , titles only, this forum only
And you get a bunch of mismatch, not one LCP in the titles.
What did I do wrong?

 

[Schattenreiter]

You expected it to be different than searching anywhere else on the Internet . I get that everywhere I search.

 

[fieldgrade]

Searching short phrases has never worked well on any forum I've seen. Frustrating, but it is what it is.

 

[HMP]

Many forums dont search well with 3 or fewer letters

 

[iflybeech]

ok Ruger worked ok,
FYI Google got it right:

 

[BigWaylon]

Searching for lcp* gets you what you need, I think.




Most forums have a 4-char minimum, and you can use a wildcard for the 4th. This one doesn’t seem to give you an error/warning when you only use 3.

Another trick that I use on forums (not just for short terms) is to search on google like this: “lcp site:carolinafirearmsforum.com”

I won’t limit you to titles, or the particular subforum, but I use it a lot on ARF to find stuff.

Here’s what the results from the search above gives you: