Quoting rdomeck:
That really helps! Why the + sign? I see that it works much better, but why not just have it search my key words? The -re seemed to bring a lot less result.....Thanks for that tip.
"+" is the equivalent of "Exact Word" on other search engines. Otherwise it will pull in anything similiar in structure or wording.
"-" then XXX deletes anything with that string, in our case anything with a Reply.
Search "How to Search" on this site LOL, people post it up every once in awhile. And yes it's quite a bit different than other web pages.