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TG1

I apologize in advance for being blind, but where is the search engine for the forums?

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Rezalack

I wondered this for a while and then felt kind of dumb when I realized it's the big search bar next the NintendoLife at the top of the page. It searches the entire site, not just forums though.

Rezalack

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LzWinky

At the top of the page, there is the search bar

You can also use google with the following format: site:www.nintendolife.com (insert what you're looking for)

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TG1

I've used the search bar up top for the site ... so there is none just for the forums?

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GuSolarFlare

Spuratis wrote:

I wondered this for a while and then felt kind of dumb when I realized it's the big search bar next the NintendoLife at the top of the page. It searches the entire site, not just forums though.

the same here.... and if you type "Thread" or "forum" in your search it'll show things related to the forums in the top instead of articles.

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TG1

Good to know. I wonder how many of the locked topics are a result of people not knowing how to search for duplicate posts? I guess it only applies to people like me who don't post a great deal. It would be nice to see the forums have a dedicated search bar.

Thanks to everyone for the replies!

TG1

theblackdragon

@TG1: Many of our locked topics actually occur due to people ignoring the stickied topics at the top of each forum section, so your mileage may vary on that one :3

personally, i use google myself whenever i need to find anything on the forums — site:nintendolife.com/forums is how to get it to search our forums only. enjoy!

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LzWinky

TG1 wrote:

I've used the search bar up top for the site ... so there is none just for the forums?

You can type this in a Google search bar: site:www.nintendolife.com/forums Pokemon

This will only pull forum pages with "Pokemon" in them and you can change "Pokemon" to whatever you're looking for

Edited on by LzWinky

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TG1

Thanks again guys, appreciate the quick replies. Didn't mean to sound snarky about locked threads either, I just was and am genuinely surprised that forums this popular lack an outright search bar. But I will use the suggested method(s)

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