Searches - or the lack thereof

[p38arover]

I've just been going through AULRO Technical Chatter moving LPG topics to this new area.

That exercise really brought home just how many of you don't use the search features. The same questions are being asked over and over again. I must admit that I often don't bother to answer questions anymore (on here or other LR fora) because they have been answered so often and people can't be bothered to search.

[Vern]

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by the way ron, you have a few.

[Narangga]

I agree Ron.

[wardy1]

Hey there Grumpy!
I think alot of the threads you refer to are from 'newbies'. It takes a while to settle into a site like this one. I've been here a while and I'm probably guilty of being bit lazy from time to time.
You were new here once too...... although with that many posts, it must have been a loooong time ago

[alien]

I have noticed that too,
But.....until you have been on here while it's hard to work out how and where to look
What about a sticky of how to search at the top of each of the pinicles???

[sam_d]

Part of the problem may be that AULRO is becoming a victim of its own success (I mean this in a good way) and that some of the answers found in a search can contradict each other.

For example, my recent inquiry in the Technical Chatter was asked because I did a search but it yielded a great many results with a lot of conflicting information - I asked to get some clarification which was thankfully forthcoming.

[GEK064]

As a newbie I got to agree - the search function is not the easiest to use. It's not exactly 'google'. This site is an incredible brain trust of information, some I find, some I have to ask.......it's hard to find an opinion in an old thread. On behalf of all us newbies thanks for the patience in the past, the present and the future......oh yeah a question - how can I save the results of my searches for future reference....months ago I found the way to wire up a rear work light and do you think I can find the thread again?

[p38arover]

\how can I save the results of my searches for future reference...?

Save the page to your Favorites.

[p38arover]

Hey there Grumpy!
I think alot of the threads you refer to are from 'newbies'. It takes a while to settle into a site like this one. I've been here a while and I'm probably guilty of being bit lazy from time to time.

But most fora are similar so once you've used one, then that knowledge is easily portable to another.

[Narangga]

As a newbie I got to agree - the search function is not the easiest to use. It's not exactly 'google'. This site is an incredible brain trust of information, some I find, some I have to ask.......it's hard to find an opinion in an old thread. On behalf of all us newbies thanks for the patience in the past, the present and the future......oh yeah a question - how can I save the results of my searches for future reference....months ago I found the way to wire up a rear work light and do you think I can find the thread again?

I tend to bookmark/favourite threads so that I don't have to re-search.