Search Help

[Cold Butt Stephen]

HF has a lot of great things to offer, but I don't think that the search function is really one of them. It seems like a lot of people have trouble finding threads they are looking for or certain information and I haven't had much luck either when using the HF search. I just wanted to share a technique that has worked well for me and may help others.

It's real simple. All you do is open a tab or window to a google search. In the search bar, type whatever you were hoping to find on HF along with the words hammock forums. This will usually leave the thread you're looking for on the top of the results.

Hope this might help some people.

[Running Feather]

HF has a lot of great things to offer, but I don't think that the search function is really one of them. It seems like a lot of people have trouble finding threads they are looking for or certain information and I haven't had much luck either when using the HF search. I just wanted to share a technique that has worked well for me and may help others.

It's real simple. All you do is open a tab or window to a google search. In the search bar, type whatever you were hoping to find on HF along with the words hammock forums. This will usually leave the thread you're looking for on the top of the results.

Hope this might help some people.

I've had that happen quite often when searching Google for ancillary information on a topic.

[angrysparrow]

This has been mentioned quite a few times. If you enter "site:hammockforums.net" at the end of your search term on Google, it will work best.

The HF search works just fine, but you can't use generic terms like 'underquilt' or 'tarp', because they are used too frequently. Instead, you have to be very specific and thoughtful about the search.

[Cold Butt Stephen]

I wasn't trying to say that the HF search didn't work, but I haven't had great luck with it. It seems to me that it doesn't prioritize the results very well, but maybe it's just me.

Anyways, I was just trying to make a suggestion for people that may not have thought of that. Adding the site stipulation is definitely a way to make it even better.