PSA: Linking directly to search results

In my experience, giving people the right search terms is all they need to find the information they want. Coincidentally, I find myself often wanting to help new people out without spoon-feeding them.

I've figured out a useful trick to link directly to a search result set.

Using this URL as a base:


With it, you can link someone to a result set. Just add the search terms after "query=" in the URL.


Thus, this will link straight to a list of threads where boost drivers are mentioned:

Laser Pointers - Search Forums

Simple, but IMO a useful way to pass on information without taking away all of the personal effort to obtain the information.

Trevor

Nice find Trevor Another useful tool is searching within the site from google.

'Search term' site:laserpointerforums.com

I find myself using this for searching most of the time and it works great.

Also, that. I just thought this was less tacky than a "LMGTFY" type link.

Trevor

Now that you said that... I'm calling it, someone's going to make a LMLPFSTFY (LPF Search) sooner or later.

Still, cool find!

Better brush up on my web development/flash skills.

Trevor said:

Thus, this will link straight to a list of threads where boost drivers are mentioned

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and now this thread is top of that list

yes but even then the search function sucks tbh. i never get accurate results. the search here is too general

Elektrotechniker said:

yes but even then the search function sucks tbh. i never get accurate results. the search here is too general

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Yeah... the couple times I've used this, I had work on the search terms before I got useful results.

Trevor

u can change it to be a google search link that only searches LPF (google crawls LPF very very frequently so chances are this option works)):

e.g

https://www.google.com/#q=site:laserpointerforums.com+greenlaser