How to find THAT post you know you wrote a few months ago..

[isabelladangelo]

Also known as how to search LJ. Given a few topics on the subject today of searching and taggin, I figured I'd share how I search my journal.
First, go to Google.
Second, click on the more with the down arrow at the very top of the page and then click blogs.
Third, click on "advanced blog search".
Fourth, put in the words you are searching for in the correct box (the top one is the one I typically use) and then go down to the box entitled "at this URL". In that box, put in your blog url. For those on LJ, it's your username.livejournal.com. So mine is isabelladangelo.livejournal.com. This makes the search engine ONLY search your blog. (You can do this to friends' blogs to if you remember them writing something way back when.)
Fifth, click the search blogs button.

You are all done! This way you don't have to worry about tags or subject titles. Google does the hard part for you. :-)

Comments

just an fyi.

[sstormwatch.livejournal.com]

It only works if you allow the 'bots to actually search your LJ entries. I have blocked this feature on my LJ for security reasons, so it won't work there, unless I change that option.

[orlacarey.livejournal.com]

Thanks! this is really cool. The only question I have is will the friends lock thing screw up the search?

Edited considering it couldn't find the word "cake" in my blog I figure the friends lock prevents it.