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- Sonickyle
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
If you can't find a project when searching it up using the search bar at the top of the Scratch website, then there may be a couple of reasons why it isn't there:
Before how asking how to get your project shown on the search or complaining about how your project can't be found, please, pleaaasee read the reasons above, especially the third one about Google! Asking questions that have already been answered here, or that are answered on the big question sticky will not get you anywhere.
                        
                            - You're not searching specifically enough. If your search term is too short, then other projects may appear. Refine your search.
 - The project doesn't have enough tags. The project may not have enough tags, which can prevent it from showing up on the first page of results. They really help.
 - Google hasn't indexed it yet. This is the #1 cause of search problems. If a project has just been shared, Google won't be able to find it. Wait at least a week, then try again. If after a week it still doesn't appear, then again give it some more time. Google is temperamental.
 - You may need to clear your cache. No guarantee that this'll work.
 
Before how asking how to get your project shown on the search or complaining about how your project can't be found, please, pleaaasee read the reasons above, especially the third one about Google! Asking questions that have already been answered here, or that are answered on the big question sticky will not get you anywhere.

Last edited by Sonickyle (June 2, 2015 19:18:27)
- PrincessPanda_test_
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
So helpful!
                        
                        
                    - MeDiaMond
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
This is very helpful and also very useful, especially because of this many topics about this. 
                        
                        
                    
- Swampert11
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Nice guide. 
                        
                        
                    
- szogun
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Finally people will know!
                        
                        
                    - Sonickyle
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Le bump.
More people need to know about this.
                        
                        
                    More people need to know about this.
- Blaze349
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Could this be stickied?
                        
                        
                    - Sonickyle
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Bump since I've seen people with this problem recenty.
                        
                        
                    - MiniGamez
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
so,your saying i have to go through all my 50+ projects,just to add tags ):
                        
                        
                    - Sonickyle
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
so,your saying i have to go through all my 50+ projects,just to add tagsIt's not mandatory, but it helps.
- supercreeper2005
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
If you can't find a project when searching it, there may be a couple of reasons why it isn't there:
- You're not searching specifically enough. If your search term is too short, then other projects may appear.
 - The project doesn't have enough tags. The project may not have enough tags, which can prevent it from showing up on the first page of results.
 - Google hasn't indexed it yet. This is the #1 cause of search problems. If a project has just been shared, Google won't be able to find it. Wait at least a week, then try again.
 - You need to clear your cache.
 
Thanks for the help! I search my username with google and it's description has my oldest instructions.
- Sonickyle
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Could this be stickied?Feel free to report the topic to be stickied. I'm not sure if I'll have luck reporting it myself.
- Cllawgraber
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
stickied? why not stapled?Could this be stickied?Feel free to report the topic to be stickied. I'm not sure if I'll have luck reporting it myself.
- TheHockeyist
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Scratch terminology. [/offtopic]stickied? why not stapled?Could this be stickied?Feel free to report the topic to be stickied. I'm not sure if I'll have luck reporting it myself.
Last edited by TheHockeyist (July 21, 2014 13:04:24)
- Paddle2See
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
I added it to this index of useful topicsCould this be stickied?Feel free to report the topic to be stickied. I'm not sure if I'll have luck reporting it myself.
http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/21060
Thanks!
- PrincessPanda_test_
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Yay, second topic I saw which was ITopiced today!
                        
                        
                    - Sonickyle
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
Wow, thanks!I added it to this index of useful topicsCould this be stickied?Feel free to report the topic to be stickied. I'm not sure if I'll have luck reporting it myself.
http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/21060
Thanks!
- Jonathan50
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
If you can't find a project when searching it, there may be a couple of reasons why it isn't there:Oh! The tags are like the ‘keywords’ search engines use!
- The project doesn't have enough tags. The project may not have enough tags, which can prevent it from showing up on the first page of results.
 
- TheCentipede
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
If you can't find a project when searching it, there may be a couple of reasons why it isn't there:
- You're not searching specifically enough. If your search term is too short, then other projects may appear.
 - The project doesn't have enough tags. The project may not have enough tags, which can prevent it from showing up on the first page of results.
 - Google hasn't indexed it yet. This is the #1 cause of search problems. If a project has just been shared, Google won't be able to find it. Wait at least a week, then try again.
 - You need to clear your cache.
 
Thank you
- danny61734
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>ITopic - Wondering why a project you're trying to find won't appear when searching it up? Look here!
If you can't find a project when searching it, there may be a couple of reasons why it isn't there:
- You're not searching specifically enough. If your search term is too short, then other projects may appear.
 - The project doesn't have enough tags. The project may not have enough tags, which can prevent it from showing up on the first page of results.
 - Google hasn't indexed it yet. This is the #1 cause of search problems. If a project has just been shared, Google won't be able to find it. Wait at least a week, then try again.
 - You need to clear your cache.
 
I did everything on the list and it didn't show up, am i doing something wrong?
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