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09-Dec-2009 16:41
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12-Dec-2009 07:47
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Can I order serach results by date?

When I search for a certain topic, I get a lot of results that are two years old, on the first page.

For example, there were significant and problematic changes to the Indian tourist visa rules in the past two weeks, and I want to search for what people are saying about that, if anybody has personal experience, etc. But my search results are all years old and there doesn't seem to be a way to either filter search by date or to order results by date. Any ideas?

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11-Dec-2009 09:48
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11-Dec-2009 20:54
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Spammers and Groups

Perusing groups - mainly ones relating to the UK - I noticed a lot of spamming that has been around for a while.

Here are a couple of examples:

Discount London - the most recent 14 posts are links to hotel booking sites without any personal recommendations or trip infornmation.

Online Hotels Booking IN Unknown City - this only has one message which is a link to a hotel booking site.

I have looked at a number of other groups with similar spamming links. I'm sure there are groups serving a meaningful purpose for LP users.

Are the posting rules the same for groups as for the Thorn Tree or is it a question of a lack of reporting? Either way it seems that the spammers have found a way to advertise for free and make at least some groups less useful for LPers.

I ... more »

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20-May-2009 17:21
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16-Jun-2008 16:58
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London - Edition 6

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Welcome Guidebook Updates. You can now download free PDFs containing unverified corrections for Lonely Planet guidebooks sent in by our readers. So far we've posted 160 PDFs and will add to this tally as we receive more corrections and updates from travellers. If you have any updates you think we should know about you can send them in via this link. The PDFs will be updated monthly.

You're welcome to start your own thread if you like but it’s much easier for other travellers (and us of course) if you send your feedback to us via our contact us form – that way we can guarantee that your comments will be forwarded to the appropriate editors and authors at Lonely Planet. We will also add any updates and warnings we rece... more »

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11-Dec-2009 11:13
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