View Full Version : Google-powered Site Search providing broken links
cwsoots
October 3rd, 2025, 19:45
Is it me, or is the Site Search feature (Google-powered site search) not working as intended? All the search results' links result in the "No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator" error message for me.
LordEntrails
October 3rd, 2025, 20:12
I only have problems with 1 of 10 that I tried.
The link that I got that gives a bad thread is: Fantasy Grounds Message Boards (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?41792-Intrest-post-DM-looking-for-group-Ruins-of-Undermountain-Dungeoncrawl-Campaign)
What links are you being given that are bad?
cwsoots
October 3rd, 2025, 20:31
I only have problems with 1 of 10 that I tried.
The link that I got that gives a bad thread is: Fantasy Grounds Message Boards (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?41792-Intrest-post-DM-looking-for-group-Ruins-of-Undermountain-Dungeoncrawl-Campaign)
What links are you being given that are bad?
I used "Magic Resistance" (with the quotes) as my search critieria. 9 of the 10 results resulted in the "No Thread specified." message.
Trenloe
October 3rd, 2025, 20:51
It seems that threads with their last activity before May 2018 may no longer be available. Try changing the "Sort By" option to the top right of the search results to "Date" to give more recent posts which should be present and probably more up-to-date.
cwsoots
October 3rd, 2025, 21:02
It seems that threads with their last activity before May 2018 may no longer be available. Try changing the "Sort By" option to the top right of the search results to "Date" to give more recent posts which should be present and probably more up-to-date.
I suspect that you are right. That being said, some of the older threads provided better and more direct answers than any of the newer ones I could find, as evidenced by the snippet of text that is given as a preview of the search results. For example:
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It's odd that the results can still provide a sample of the thread, but you can't access that thread directly...
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