Hello. I have a game (a clicker game) https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1228473114/ that has 69 views that was posted around a month ago. I have another game https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1217416851/ that was released in September. 2 months ago. I have searched and friends have searched for my game in the search bar. no luck. I ask Google and all I get is that it will be seen in a couple weeks. I just wonder what is happening and if I will someday be able to search my games. And I am a Scratcher. Also, this is on my alt because I am working on a game and I dont want to restart.

Reported to be moved to Questions About Scratch Bugs and Glitches- Open Source Projects isn't a good subforum for this to go.
This has to do with how the search works. There are two different databases that Scratch uses. The one that you save projects to is pretty fast to access and update. The one the search syncs with the other one (exactly how and how often I do not know). Therefore, it takes a while for the search to know about your project and make it appear on search results.

HighlaneGamingStudio wrote:

Reported to be moved to Questions About Scratch- Open Source Projects isn't a good subforum for this to go.
This has to do with how the search works. There are two different databases that Scratch uses. The one that you save projects to is pretty fast to access and update. The one the search syncs with the other one (exactly how and how often I do not know). Therefore, it takes a while for the search to know about your project and make it appear on search results.

Just wondering, what is the longest it may take, I have a project that has not been listed for 2 weeks. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1232572252/ Is the project by the way.

jale3ms wrote:

Just wondering, what is the longest it may take, I have a project that has not been listed for 2 weeks. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1232572252/ Is the project by the way.

I don't know exactly. Sometimes it takes days, sometimes it takes months. The search has a history of being buggy. Sometimes it ceases to work altogether. Note that if your project gets marked NFE (Not For Everyone- doesn't break the Community Guidelines but is or may be harmful in some way to other viewers) it won't appear in the search, front page, or explore section.