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What happened to "Title Only" search option?

1,973 584 April 16, 2025 at 01:44 PM
If I do a search from the main search bar at the top of the page, there is no longer a filter option to search in the title only (versus title and first post). If I go into the forums and do a search, the option is still shown but doesn't do anything. For example, a search for "printer filament" in Hot Deals shows 75 results by default, including not just filament but also printers. If I select Title Only in the filters, it still shows 75 results even though many/most don't have "filament' in the title. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong; it's the same way I've searched since joining the site 15+ years ago.

Is this feature intentionally gone but just not hidden everywhere? If so, WHY??? Searches are SO much less helpful if I can't constrain the search terms to titles only.
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TracyH1290
04-17-2025 at 02:56 PM.
04-17-2025 at 02:56 PM.
I noticed this as well. Not only is it missing in the UI from the left menu, it doesn't seem to work anymore when appending '&searchin=title' to the URL.

Trying to search for 'IPhone Unlocked' returns too many unrelated results without the Title Only option.
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sans.
Today at 06:10 AM.
Today at 06:10 AM.
Noticed this myself when searching for 'mac mini' I get a bunch of returned results that are partial matches only.
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leefy20
Today at 05:47 PM.
Today at 05:47 PM.
Yeah, something changed again in the last couple days, I can't accurately search for sweepstakes by expiration date anymore, such as searching for "4/30" or "5/1"
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