CC Search what am I doing wrong?

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<p>I’m trying to search the forums for St. John’s of Maryland and can’t seem to search for it properly. I can search for other things just fine, but when I search for this school, as its exact name, as St. John’s or just John’s I get no matches. ANy advice?</p>

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<p>I am stumped as well, and even tried it without the apostrophe. I will let you know if I ever come up with anything.</p>

<p>Of course, you know that there are numerous threads on the school at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=360[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=360&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I have also visited the school so feel free to PM me if you have any questions. It is a neat school and in a class of its own as you know.</p>

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<p>Z-Mom, this is an example that unveils a weakness of the CC internal search engine. However, all hope is not lost … there is a reason Google is worth a couple a gadzillion dollars.</p>

<p>I you do not have the Google Toolbar, I’d suggest downloading it. On the toolbar, look next to the Go button, and check the funny character that looks like a key with bug eyes. That button should say “Search only on xxx” XXX being the site you are on. This should be CC. </p>

<p>Now run the search with the various spelling of St John’s. As you fill the Google search box, you should see a number of typical suggestions. </p>

<p>For example, I used St Johns University</p>

<p><a href=“St Johns university site:talk.collegeconfidential.com[/url] - Google Search”>St Johns university site:talk.collegeconfidential.com - Google Search;

<p>The whole thing looks like this [noparse] <a href=“St Johns university site:talk.collegeconfidential.com[/url] - Google Search”>St Johns university site:talk.collegeconfidential.com - Google Search; [/noparse]</p>

<p>and for St Johns College</p>

<p><a href=“St Johns college site:talk.collegeconfidential.com[/url] - Google Search”>St Johns college site:talk.collegeconfidential.com - Google Search;

<p>It is worth looking at the search definition “St+Johns+college” as this gives you a quick idea on how to enter your own criteria with the + sign. </p>

<p>Hope this helps a bit.</p>

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<p>One nice “hit” for SJ Maryland is</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/st-johns-college-maryland/6635738.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/st-johns-college-maryland/6635738.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;