Any good search keywords on LW?

Lord of the Rings · #1 (**permalink**) March 28th, 2021

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Originally Posted by Yoshi128k

Looking in the search terms, all I see is a few searches for what appears to be CP (you know what I mean,) mixed with a bunch of others. It goes too fast for the search list to be a viable option.
Specifically, things like "kiddy", "underage", etc. WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!?

Yeah I know, there are some bad types out there. You can use the adult filter via settings. If you're using LimeWire, the original adult filter was somewhat lacking to say the least. Though that might not filter out incoming searches, I'm not sure.

In the Advanced Tools, you can click inside that incoming search panel & control-A, control-C and paste into a text document. But again, porn is super popular on the network and you might find a heck of a lot of such searches.

Are you searching for video, audio or image files? Any specific topics?
This is probably a better starting point.

Yoshi128k · #2 (**permalink**) March 28th, 2021

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Originally Posted by Lord of the Rings

Yeah I know, there are some bad types out there. You can use the adult filter via settings. If you're using LimeWire, the original adult filter was somewhat lacking to say the least. Though that might not filter out incoming searches, I'm not sure.

In the Advanced Tools, you can click inside that incoming search panel & control-A, control-C and paste into a text document. But again, porn is super popular on the network and you might find a heck of a lot of such searches.

Are you searching for video, audio or image files? Any specific topics?

I like many people on the gnutella network, was on a hunt for audio, mainly old music from the previous century.

Yoshi128k · #3 (**permalink**) March 28th, 2021

Mainly looking for mid-century music.
Additionally, I don't seem to get too many search results when looking up certain topics. (i.e. looking up "Pennsylvania 6-5000" provides only 2 results, when I would expect more)
I use LimeWire Pirate Edition, installed following this tutorial

Yoshi128k · #4 (**permalink**) March 28th, 2021

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Originally Posted by Lord of the Rings

Yeah I know, there are some bad types out there. You can use the adult filter via settings. If you're using LimeWire, the original adult filter was somewhat lacking to say the least. Though that might not filter out incoming searches, I'm not sure.

In the Advanced Tools, you can click inside that incoming search panel & control-A, control-C and paste into a text document. But again, porn is super popular on the network and you might find a heck of a lot of such searches.

Are you searching for video, audio or image files? Any specific topics?
This is probably a better starting point.

My replies keep disappearing, so... can't quite answer.

Lord of the Rings · #5 (**permalink**) March 28th, 2021

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Originally Posted by Yoshi128k

My replies keep disappearing, so... can't quite answer.

Sorry, Forum censor was having a field day with some of the topics we were discussing.

I must have been half-asleep to not realise I was reading moderated posts.

Keep in mind the network is reliant upon what people share. So if nobody is sharing a particular topic then obviously you won't find it. As previously mentioned, sometimes it is worth trying certain unsuccessful searches at varying points of the day (if possible.)

Music:

Try different searches in this order:
artist, album title (unless it's brief), portion of song title (unless it's brief.)

I originally preferred doing an All Types search & then simply filtered it by audio. Else of course you can use the Audio type search. One issue is a percentage of files shared do not have ID3 tags to help with searches, only the file-name gives the clue which is why an All Types search can sometimes bring in a few extra results.

If the artist is a band, sometimes it can be worth doing a gnutella search for the name of the most popular member of the band.