Lets face it, the search methods used by vBulleitn (many forums base) in plain english, so no one gets the wrong idea, SUCKS! use this method (cant remember where i read it at, maybe here, if so , thanks to whoever).

In Google (i use duckduckgo.com, no history profiles) type for example a search for shotgun shock in hdforums.com:

Shotgun Shock site:hdforums.com <<and really find all the threads

one can input any website after >> site: