So, I hate starting new threads that have probably been answered 100 times in other threads, but using the search option at the top... doesn't necessarily return "Google approved" results.

Are there any hidden tricks? I know with alot of search engines, if you know any type of SQL, you can use things like quotes around phrases, +, -, ect.

Just curious as to how you guys find your results.

 

I always use the search box at the BOTTOM of the forum I am in. not in a particualar thread, but the actual sub forum (off-topic, under the hood, gallery etc etc) that always works and works well IMHO


try doing that

 

google.com

[search terms] site:s2ki.com

works pretty well.

 

The search box at the bottom of a particular forum is pretty good at returning applicable results.

 

As an aside, and for people that are doing general searches online, here's a trick for finding MP3s or videos.

intitle:"index.of" (mp3|avi|mpeg|wmv) your.song.here -htm -html -php -asp -cf -jsp

What you're effectively doing is searching directories that may not be directly linked to a page. A lot of people will have databases and files stored in the "back room" of their website and this allows you to more easily find and access them. The final

For example, if you were looking for the song "Happy Birthday" in mp3, you would type in:

intitle:"index.of" (mp3) happy.birthday -htm -html -php -asp -cf -jsp

The final six parts (-htm -html etc, etc) are to keep actual webpages from showing up and it usually works well and thins out the search results.

If you were looking for the movie "Fast and the Furious", you would type in:

intitle:"index.of" (avi|mpeg|mpg|wmv|divx) fast.and.the.furious -htm -html -php -asp -cf -jsp

The . between words is critical. You can adjust what is in the () to whatever file type you want, using | as a separator for each file type.

 

Cool. Appreciate the suggestions