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Title: Forum Searches
Post by: clarinetster on September 14, 2008, 07:19:56 AM

Hi all,
    I was just trying to search for forum comments related to Matt 19:26, but when I tried typing in Matt 19:26 into the forum search, it returns all these partial matches; "Matt", "19", and "26".  So even if I try just typing in "19:26" or any other Chapter/verse, it will not find it, rather only find results matching "19" and "26".  For some reason the ":" is ignored in the search.  I was wondering if anybody knew if there was a way to get past this.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Forum Searches
Post by: Dennis Vogel on September 14, 2008, 10:42:28 AM

I don't think there is a way. It seems all search engines ignore punctuation, even when you use quotes. This includes Google.

Dennis

Title: Re: Forum Searches
Post by: Kat on September 14, 2008, 10:56:32 AM

Hi Clarinetster,

I see this is your first post, welcome  :)

Yes the search at the top of the boards will search each word so you really have to narrow it down to one or two main words.

But what I use alot is 'Google advanced search.'  
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
Use this box 'this exact wording or phrase' and it will search for that exact order of words only.  Of course use 'Bible-Truths.com' for the box 'Search within a site or domain.'
You can also use 'Ctrl + f key' to search for a word on a page.
Hope this is helpful.

mercy, peace and love
Kat