Using the Bing search engine type in the following question - "landscape plans for cape cod houses". Try other variations of the same question worded differently. This approach should be a helpful starting point.

I found this elsewhere on the net... Click TOOLS from IE INTERNET OPTIONS ADVANCED Click RESTORE ADVACED SETTINGS Click RESET on "Reset Internet Explorer Settings" OK APPLY then OK Restart the IE again it should be over. I also read where turning off Skype add-ons solved the problem for some. Are you using Vista? and IE 7 maybe? Sue

I just typed the word "search" into the current engine, and this thread did not turn up on the first page of results. I also knew a basic no-earlier-than date, and that the original post contained the terms "garden*" (didn't know if it was "gardenweb" or "garden web"), and that one of the followup posts contained "google". I couldn't recall the posters name, but if available, I would have entered "gw*" in the field for original posters name. How about: 1. Search by title (any phrase or blank, wildcard would be helpful, ands and ors within the search) and 2. Search by individual post content (any phrase or blank,wildcard would be helpful, ands and ors within the search) and 3. Search by entire thread content. and 4. Search by thread originator (any phrase or blank, meaning it may not be the posters exact, complete name) and 5. Search by contributor (any phrase or blank, meaning it may not be the posters exact, complete name) 6. Return results by mm/dd/yy hh:mm of original post or time of last contribution by anyone or time of last contribution by above-searched contributor and 7. Choose recently started posts first or reverse or 8. Instead of sorting by post origination date, sort by contribution date. 9. Return titles only or return text like today Is it possible to search posts older than a certain date? I am not sure, because I do not have patience for the current search, but I believe that posts older than a certain date are unavailable?

Ahhh.....a conspiracy theorist!! Sorry, not many search engines will help you with that. Unless they have advanced degrees and several initials after their name, thinking you are going to get accurate, unbiased information from the anonymous general public is just fooling yourself........but to each his/her own.