Has the option of search in discussions been removed from Google Search?
Where can I find it then?
Google-search – Has the option of search in discussions been removed from Google Search
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I tried removing all the variables except the q string. It seems to work fine. One thing to note is that Google uses the # symbol, instead of ? which you normally see with query strings.
So, as an example, the URL would be: http://google.com/#q=my+query
It's not under "Search plus your world", it is under "Personal results".
Make sure you are signed into your Google account, go to www.google.com, click on the gear on the top right of the page, and select "Search settings".
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Sadly Google dropped the option to filter searches to "discussions" some time in late January (along with some others such as Blogs). Instead, according to a Google spokesperson:
You can still search discussion by going here directly: https://www.google.com/?tbm=dsc or by adding&tbm=dscto the end of a Google search url.There is a long thread on the Google Product list on this topic, there are various other solutions posted such as user-scripts and a Chrome extension.Updated: As of mid-July 2014 the discussion search filter has been removed entirely, so the above no longer works. People have come up with some complicated alternatives, but none as good as the original function.