Search only goes up to 2015

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I'm trying to find an old thread but whenever I type in the known keywords in the search bar, the results only go back to 2015, no matter which method I use. The filtered search feature is crap because if you select the "search for all terms or use query as entered" box it comes up with every thread (from 2015 onwards) with one or two of the words I entered, but if I select the "search for any terms" box it says "no matches found" even though I can remember the exact way the title of the thread I want to find was worded.

Searching on Google is crap too, as it just comes up with one or two threads from the site, none of which I want, and adding the year the thread may have been posted just adds too much information in the search bar and doesn't make any difference.
But anyway even if WP's search feature did understand my query it still only gives me results from 2015 onwards. Putting the date in the search feature here does nothing. I don't even know the date the thread was posted anyway, but I know it was before 2015.

Yes, the internal search is "iffy" at best...

I manually found a post made in Sept 2004 (just a test case, nothing special) and using WP's search I can find posts made by the author right back to 2004 to the date they joined - but if I include a search term, a couple of words from the sample post, nothing is found.

If I remove the author's name from the search, leaving only the search term, results are returned up to 2014/15 only.

I get much better results using a Google search, external to WP.
Instead of using Google with just search term, which will return absolutely everything it can find worldwide with search term, you can tell it to search a specific site by adding information to the search string, as: site:wrongplanet.net search term

The results will now only be from WP.
Better, you can define a search time range to further filter the results.

Underneath the Google search bar, to the right, is a button labeled "Tools".
Click on that and select "Any time" (it's a drop-down menu) then select "Custom range". You can now enter a From and To date range.
There's a further drop-down, "All results", from which you can select "Verbatim" as an additional search term delimiter.

The results will now better reflect what's publically available on WP to an external search engine - but this won't of course include results from the adult and members only forums because they're not publically accessible unless you're a member, and have added a birthdate to your profile.

Can I help you look, Joe? I could use a new rabbit hole.

Thanks Cornflake.

You can also plug things into a Google search with a graphical interface, here:
https://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search

Thanks but it wasn't any of those lol.
It was something to do with Aspies being more likely to cheat in a relationship (don't worry, I wasn't planning on bumping the topic or anything, just wanted to read it), but I don't think it was titled with those key words.

And thanks Cornflake, I'll bookmark that because I'd probably be using it a lot.

This?

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^ I've never seen research demonstrating this. I would be highly suspicious of any such claim, especially without substantial evidence.

^ Why did you do it?

My ex accused me of cheating because he’s wacko, but I was never in any way tempted. He was more than enough trouble on his own.

I’ve never even had the urge to cheat on someone. Theoretically, if I wanted to, it would be time for me to end the relationship.

Please keep to the thread topic. Recent additions look like they should have their own thread.