Site search without a search box

Have you ever wanted to search a site but cannot find a search function to do so on the site itself? I have run into that situation a few times lately, and then found a solution, thanks to the Ask Leo site (Notenboom, 2016). How to do this is very simple, thanks to a helpful post on this very handy site.

Just go to Google, then enter the following:

site:[sitename].[suffix] [search term]

So, let's try an example. If we enter:

site:samyoung.co.nz lamington

Our search will return what we are looking for, "The Lamington Wars" (here). Too easy.

Sam

References:

Notenboom, L. A. (14 April 2016). How Do I Search a Site That Has No Search Box? How you can search without search. Ask Leo. https://askleo.com/search-site-no-search-box/