I always assumed that the searches were limited to the page you were searching from.
Searching 'Bach' from THIS thread will result in Que's post (and now mine) because you'd just be searching within this thread, but searching 'Bach' from
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php will result in every mention of Bach on the forum (or at least many many recent mentions of Bach across the entire forum).
I just tested this again, and it worked consistently with my theory. Nothing is wrong with the search function (unless there was something wrong with it back when Mandryka started this thread) but it just has an odd quirk that isn't so obvious when trying to use it from different parts of the forum.
Something to try:
Search 'Bach' from the search bar at the top of this thread and see how many posts come up and the particular thread the posts appear in.
Search 'Bach' from the search bar after clicking out of this thread and back into the GMG news subforum and see the subforum that all the 'Bach' mentions are in.
Seach 'Bach' from the main page, and you will be searching the entire forum.
You can also search from the location of different subforums and threads for 'Bach' just to get results from those specific areas of the site.
If you are getting a bit tired of searching 'Bach,' you can always search something else, like 'Boulez'.
