As usual I'm not delusional enough to think that I can prevent spam- of course not!
But I get so tired of seeing the same things over and over in my ڈیٹس اپ and then typing the same stuff over and over. Also people dont seem to grasp the use of الفاظ مطلوبہ so maybe this will help some in that respect,too.

Now I know the searchbar is scary! I saw it for the first time myself when I was a new user and was reluctant to try it. Who knows what might happen when آپ click that تلاش button!?! But one دن I summoned all my courage I tried and it didn't hurt. Now there was a surprise! Back then there was only one..now we have TWO تلاش options and I know that is even scarier. But be assured I have been using the تلاش for ages now and nothing bad has ever happened to me.
Seriously I give آپ my word: IT WON'T HURT! PROMISE!!

Searching for content on this site is a little wonky at times I admit that. But over time آپ will learn how to get better results AND and this is the w.i.e.r.d.est part (I know its spelt weird but come on..nobody likes a Ted!) آپ will also learn how to label the content آپ کرائیں جمع so that other users can find it as well.

1) The تلاش across fanpop

On سب, سب سے اوپر of the page on the far right end of the black bar of doom we have the تلاش for the whole site. This is a great tool آپ can use when آپ want to find spots already available. آپ hate repeats, آپ know آپ do, so before creating a new spot آپ will use this search.
Also آپ want to find all content on fanpop for something/someone in this example Katherine Heigl.
There will be content in the "Katherine Heigl" spot and the "Movies" spot but since she is both on TV and in فلمیں آپ will also find تصاویر of her on the "Grey's Anatomy" spot and the "Television" spot. Maybe there is also content in places آپ hadn't thought of: the "Hottest Actresses" spot یا the "Knocked-up" spot. So instead of going to all these spots separately and clicking yourself through all content آپ use: TADA!! The تلاش across fanpop!!
آپ type in Katherine Heigl click "search" and this will lead you- in theory- to all content کیا پیش on fanpop concerning Katherine Heigl.*nods* I KNOW, RIGHT??
It has been neatly organized these days: آپ can filter your تلاش results سے طرف کی category so if you're looking for تصاویر only آپ can even choose to get sub-results organized سے طرف کی image type (icons,wallpapers etc). ALL THAT with a few clicks!


آپ can also use the advanced تلاش to filter answers,links, forums, picks etc



So much for the theory of it.
What آپ won't find are تصاویر گیا کیا پوسٹ but have no الفاظ مطلوبہ and "KH <3<3" as the title. The searchbar is friendly but let's face it not very clever. It doesnt recognize Katherine on a picture..it will only give آپ results if the image is somehow marked with the words "Katherine Heigl".
That is the reason سے طرف کی the way why people keep moaning aboot keywords! Not to be bossy یا rude but because آپ need to add الفاظ مطلوبہ so your friend the searchbar can find things!
And آپ see in the image above that آپ get Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh results, too, when searching for Katherine Heigl..Why آپ ask? Because someone added the wrong keywords!

Also just putting "KH <3<3" in the عنوان of the picture will not result in people being able to find the image when looking for "Katherine Heigl". It just won't! Now maybe آپ say: All شائقین call her KH - like we call "How I met your Mother" HIMYM- but try that, type in KH, and آپ might get some Katherine Heigl pictures along the way- but mostly a lot of "Kingdom Hearts" ( I don't even know what that is to be honest) results to click through.
Wouldn't it be MUCH easier if all تصاویر with Katherine Heigl on them would pop up when آپ want them to and NO Kingdom Hearts results? Isn't that what آپ would expect? Why on earth would آپ want "Kindom Hearts" results when looking for Katherine Heigl?
( I researched: Its a game..now the woman is busy but I'm pretty sure she isn't in that.)
That is why when submitting an image یا any other type of content think of your fellow fans. Think of new users who come here and want to find things they are a پرستار of. Mark your content so it can be found with the help of your friend: The dense but well intentioned searchbar!


2) Searching on a spot

Now this تلاش hasn't been around as long as the other. On each spot on the سب, سب سے اوپر right under the banner there is another تلاش one that is restricted to the club you're currently in. (if آپ accidentally use it to تلاش across fanpop آپ can alter the تلاش سے طرف کی clicking on "search fanpop" the f4 are clever like that and knew we get confused easily).
It's great for finding things that are restricted to a certain spot.
So for example: آپ want to make a REALLY original pick with awesome images.
آپ think for a while and come up with "Do آپ think Katherine Heigl is hot?"

آپ have become close دوستوں with the searchbar and want to see if anyone else was clever enough to come up with such an unusual question.
Don't try to تلاش the whole question, instead use the main words of your سوال and type that into the clubsearch so in this case Katherine hot . آپ probably find *gasp* that 4 people before آپ had the same idea and آپ rest assured that great minds think alike. Normally آپ would leave it at that but that سوال just HAS to be asked again so آپ go to the "Hottest Actresses" club and try again. Just for the sake of the example let's pretend آپ try the تلاش there and it brings back nothing (*coushyeahrightcough*).
So آپ post this سوال and want some awesome تصاویر to go with your options. Again آپ can use the clubsearch because most تصاویر of Katherine will be in the "Katherine Heigl"spot and مزید likely of Katherine alone rather than searching across fanpop where آپ will also get a lot of تصاویر with her as Izzie (probably together with Alex who really has no business being on your pick.) آپ can filter your تلاش again سے طرف کی category and choose شبیہیں since those will already have the square format آپ need.

But what if آپ want to ask a مزید specific سوال aboot e.g. a dress she wore? آپ want to ask which dress looked better on her the one she wore to the "Academy Awards" in 2008 (no idea if she was invited to that but please play along) یا the one she wore at the "Knocked up" premiere? آپ want your options and the تصاویر to match of course since people might not remember them both. Also you're pretty sure pictures of both events were گیا کیا پوسٹ on the spot but آپ really don't remember when and don't want to click through endless results آپ get when looking at the تصاویر section.
Wouldn't it be just insanely helpful if آپ got the results آپ needed when searching for "Academy Awards" یا "Oscar" on the Katherine Heigl clubsearch? Just imagine the person who uploaded the تصاویر was kind enough to put "oscars" "academy awards" "2008" "kathrine heigl" (and maybe some مزید that fit like "red carpet")in the keywords! آپ would find what آپ need instantly!

So remember when adding stuff to fanpop: think aboot your friend the searchbar! Be kind! Help the poor thing to do its work. It doesn't only operate on الفاظ مطلوبہ but also on titles so pay attention to both (for spots/clubs it also works with the submotto for some reason I can't quite grasp :S...just type in "love" and آپ will see what I mean.).
Don't PLEASE just don't tag stuff thats NOT in the image/video. If you're uploading "Izzie" شبیہیں to the Grey's Anatomy spot don't tag other characters.

Don't use all الفاظ مطلوبہ available just to put some. Also and this might to news to some: آپ can type your own keywords! So آپ can actually type in "oscar" "academy awards" etc yourself separating them سے طرف کی commas! Bulk uploading kills الفاظ مطلوبہ as Snerkie once کہا but I won't stop آپ from doing that anyway but please at least don't tag things that AREN'T in the picture. That is just frustrating to everyone else.


As for titles: its never a good idea to put "OTH <3<3" یا "LYK OMG SO HAWT" یا any other abbreviations یا textspeak. Try to make the titles simple and "searchable" (why THAT'S not a word in the English language is beyond me..but آپ know what I mean). The "KH" example یا putting "GG" which can be Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls یا even GOLDEN GIRLS for that matter shows آپ how it might confuse things for people.

I think its fine to post "updated" repeats but be sure to mark them as such. So instead of asking "Is Katherine Heigl hot?" آپ could ask "After Katherine Heigl dyed her hair, got plastic surgery and is now a dude: Is she still hot? and it wouldn't really be a repeat.

So اگلے time آپ want to add something to fanpop please do two things use a touch of common sense and PLEASE use your friend: The Searchbar!