forum searches using google no longer work

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cjk
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forum searches using google no longer work

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Post by cjk »

I used to search this forum using google with a search string like this:

"2024 discontinued list site:forum.spyderco.com"

Curiously this no longer works. This is what is returned for anything I search for using "site:forum.spyderco.com".

"Your search did not match any documents"

When I broaden my search significantly (something like "delica site:forum.spyderco.com"), it still matches nothing.

The same search works using Bing instead. This is an acceptable workaround, but I figure something is wrong somewhere.

I figure that whatever bots or whatever google uses to suck in and index data might have gotten blocked somehow, but I am no expert in this area.

All the best,
Christian