Searching Inside Forums and Discussion Boards
Posted on October 11, 2005
There is no way to crunch through all the forums online but there are some tools that can help you search some of them. Search Engine Watch reports a search tool called Board Tracker (link no longer available) that allows you to search some of the many forums found on the Internet. Lycos also offers a forum searching tool called the Lycos Discussion Search. There are also searches inside the "gated communities" like Delphi Forums and Yahoo Groups.
Many forums exist in "gated communities," where you're free to browse, but must be a member to participate. These communities include oldtimers such as the Delphi Forums, and others at large sites such as About, MSN Groups and Yahoo Groups.Google Groups is also good for searching old Usenet posts. They have some new recent entries and groups there as well that can be quickly searched.
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