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Alternative
For some parts of the site, there is an alternative to the Google search.
Advanced Search
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There used to be a Google-independent beta "advanced search"[1][dead link] that allowed users to search for projects by a variety of factors including post date, loves, sprites, scripts, and many others. Recently uploaded projects appeared in this search immediately.
It only searched projects, though it was wanted for galleries too.[2]
Interestingly, the page for the search was replaced by a MySQL error page. The reason for this is unknown. More recently,[when?] it appears to be a broken copy of Clutter.
Using External Search Engines
It is possible to use external search engine websites such as Google.com to search for projects more accurately[citation needed] than the custom search provided using "site:scratch.mit.edu " at the beginning of a search term. Specific parts of the website can also be searched, for example:
site:scratch.mit.edu/discuss How to make cloud multiplayer
Scratch Provided Search
The search bar was changed to a Google custom search during Hour of Code because of all the new users that it would generate. However, the Scratch Team has since changed it back to the default search engine.
Bugs
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In April 2022, a bug was reported that projects over an ID of 643014898 cannot be shown in a search,[3][4] which was most likely caused by a project indexer issue. This issue was later fixed.[when?]
In February 2024, this issue returned again, with projects over an ID of 967870282 not able to be shown in search results. This was then fixed in June 2024.
Then in November 2024, the same glitch seems to be happening again, with project over the id of around 1050000000 not able to show in the search result, and projects with an ID over 900000000 not showing up on the explore page. However, this is yet to be confirmed.
