Competitions ending 30/07

Hi, Bella

Many thanks for all your hard work putting the list together. I have been trying to work out how to do it. I have just read the stickies and I realise that the search engine isn't made for the competitions forum, so as I understand it you can't search and just bring up all the comps ending, for example, on 31/07 - is that right?

FHM

Thank you Bella for all your hard work. It is much appreciated

Thanks, Princess

I may have an idea for speeding it up if one of you want to test it out?

If you copy and paste
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=72
into google advance search engine where it says

Search within a site or domain:

Then in the box that says

this exact wording or phrase:
enter the date, eg. 31/07

then into the box that says
all these words:
enter - competitions time

or just copy and paste the following into google search box

competitions time "31/07" site:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=72

it will bring up all the pages that show 31/07
There are 122 hits but remember that some of these will be for past years - i.e. 31/07/07 or might bring up game over.
This only brings you to the page but looking at 122 pages might be easier than searching 217.

What do you think? Is it faster? Does it cover every combination of E31/07, 3107, E 31.07?

FHM

FamilyHistoryMad wrote: »

Thanks, Princess

I may have an idea for speeding it up if one of you want to test it out?

If you copy and paste
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=72
into google advance search engine where it says

Search within a site or domain:

Then in the box that says

this exact wording or phrase:
enter the date, eg. 31/07

then into the box that says
all these words:
enter - competitions time

or just copy and paste the following into google search box

competitions time "31/07" site:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=72

it will bring up all the pages that show 31/07
There are 122 hits but remember that some of these will be for past years - i.e. 31/07/07 or might bring up game over.
This only brings you to the page but looking at 122 pages might be easier than searching 217.

What do you think? Is it faster? Does it cover every combination of E31/07, 3107, E 31.07?

FHM

Not sure it is going to work. As messages are added to the forum the messages move down the list so you might have to go back a few pages depending on how long it is taking to put the comps ending list together and how much activity there is on the forum.

FHM