Search Help

When you use an internet search engine like Google or Yahoo!, it’s not too picky about what you add in the search box and you will still get fairly good results…

• The more words you use, the better tuned your search results are
• If you misspell a word, chances are the search engines will know what you’re looking for

With blog search engines, it’s different…

• If you use search words that are not in the blog post you are looking for, that blog post won’t be listed in the search results. For example, if I have a tip for “homemade skirt” and you search for “handmade skirt”, you won’t find the post.
• If you misspell a word or spell it differently than I do, the blog search won’t be able to find the post you’re looking for. For example, I spell “organize” while others spell “organise“. There are plenty of blog posts about getting organized here on Tipnut, but you won’t find them with “organise” as the search word.

It’s a bit tricky, I admit, but that’s how blog search engines work.

Tips for searching on blogs:

• If you aren’t finding what you want, try limiting the amount of words you use to search. When I have trouble finding what I want (and I know it’s on the blog), I’ll just use one or two words that I know should be in the post (like “apron pattern”). You may get a lot of search results (if it’s a frequently used word), but it will bring up the post you’re looking for.
• Double check your spelling, typos are easy to make and they do affect the search results.