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[arethinn]

Does anyone have a clue why LJ has never implemented a search-within-journal feature? Heck, maybe even only for paid users? Is it just a problem of the huge scale of indexing such a thing vs. the abilities of the database/servers? Because I can hardly count the times I've wanted to search for all the posts a user made in their journal (or in a comm) about topic X, or scratched my head going "ugh, when did I make that post about X which has the comment thread about Y?"... For those who allow their journal to be indexed by websearches that can sometimes fill in (although inelegant), but I would love for there to be a within-LJ-only equivalent so that I could block spiders, but still search journals.

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[soundwave106.livejournal.com]

With Livejournal's server engines being as kooky as they are, I wouldn't trust it even if it were available. :) For your own journal, I recommend LJArchive (http://fawx.com/ljArchive/) as a way to download your entries into a nice and neat format that you can search.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Psychoanalysis of my journal? Sold!