Even if you go to, and study the "How does the full-text search work?": http://ihwiki.advfn.com/index.php?title=Most_Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_does_the_full-text_search_work.3F Just try and find posts that contain "R/S". The word full in full-text, should be replaced with the word some. Try and find $1,000.00 in posts. A page of links gets returned, but the first one on the list does not contain $1,000.00. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=87404978&txt2find=%22$1,000.00%22 The search engine seems to want to determine what I want to find, even when I follow the instructions in the link above. Providing a genuine "full-text" search should be a very high priority entry in the to-do list.