Is it me or I can't search for my threads anymore?

[ninga_express]

I can't use my public profile and search for my previous posts anymore.... apparently its disabled

[Slayer00]

Searching gets disabled from time to time..
And when its enable it only works in 30% of the times (properly).

[BurtonJ]

Search it temporarily disabled. However, you can still use Google to search the forums.

[Animositisomina]

Search it temporarily disabled. However, you can still use Google to search the forums.

How might one use google to search the forums?

[richard.eid]

To search the forums with Google, you'd enter something like:

site:forums.steampowered.com forum search disabled

into the search bar. Using the above search, here are the results (http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Aforums.steampowered.com+forum+search+disa bled&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=b8148470ea1f7ec2). You can use all the search operators that Google offers to search the Steam forums, which is great.

But remember:

site:forums.steampowered.com

needs to be at the beginning of the search bar. Put a space after it and enter your search terms as you normally would on the forums, or use the more advanced Google operators.

EDIT: Right, sorry.

Any questions, just ask.

[Fuzz Bucket]

To search the forums with Google, you'd enter something like:

site:forums.steampowered.com forum search disabled

into the search bar. Using the above search, here are the results (http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Aforums.steampowered.com+forum+search+disa bled&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=b8148470ea1f7ec2). You can use all the search operators that Google offers to search the Steam forums, which is great.

But remember:

site:forums.steampowered.com

needs to be at the beginning of the search bar. Put a space after it and enter your search terms as you normally would on the forums, or use the more advanced Google operators.

EDIT: Let's say you want to search a specific forum. In this case, I want to search the Left 4 Dead forum for information about Crash Course:

site:forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=130 crash course

You get these results (http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Aforums.steampowered.com%2Fforums%2Fforumd isplay.php%3Ff%3D130+crash+course&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=b8148470ea1f7ec2).

Any questions, just ask.
Last I checked, site search only works for domains, and not anything else you would find in a URI.