Originally Posted by oklAAhoma
Others have reported using outside engines such as google successfully. I haven't had much luck with that myself because I find the amount of results generated to be overwhelming. Instead, I persisted in trying to learn to use the FT feature. With a bit of trial and error, I have become more or less proficient with it. I believe this was time well spent because it has enabled me to access the entire wealth of information stored on FT ... without ever having to wait for anyone else to retrieve it for me.
What have you learned through trial and error that has made you more or less proficient with FT's search function? One can make a few simple choices (limit to a particular forum; chose posts vs titles; see entire thread or just post), but these don't do much to help me. Is there more that can be done to make the search function less of a hit-or-miss proposition?