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How do I search a text keyword in a Facebook Page

Asked 12 years, 1 month ago Modified 3 years, 4 months ago Viewed 268k times

I once liked one text post from one FB Page without clicking its like button (because basically I like every
text post from this page).
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Now, I have to refer that text post in my writing, but the thing is I forgot which post that has that text
keyword, I tried searching that keyword by including the name of my FB Page and the keyword on the
Search textbox at the right of Facebook's Earth icon, but that didn't work.

How can I search a text keyword in a Facebook Page? So that I can get its post, the one and only, just like
when I got a twitter status that has the text keyword I searched.

facebook

Share Improve this question Follow asked Oct 5, 2011 at 10:05

Arie
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I really haven't decoded what this "spotlight" is, but I found this kind of URL:
https://www.facebook.com/Sugarlanddonutsandmore/spotlight/?snippet_text=variety+of+donuts
– brasofilo Feb 6, 2016 at 13:37

6 Answers Sorted by: Highest score (default)

If the term you are searching for is pretty specific you could try:

entering the search term in the Facebook search box.

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Select See more results for %your search term%

Then in the left hand menu select Public posts

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Oct 5, 2011 at 10:12

 codingbadger
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1. From the page you're on, click on the Posts button in the sidebar, to the left.

You can then search for posts in the bar that appears on the right:

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Apr 5, 2018 at 4:33

Schism
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2 @downvoter: Why? This exactly answers the question. – Schism Apr 5, 2018 at 18:15
 Maybe it's what the OP meant when saying "the Search textbox at the right of Facebook's Earth icon" - I don't
remember how the search in page looked 7 years ago – arieljannai Apr 27, 2018 at 19:31

2 Maybe, but this actually helped me. I don't know what the difference is between this answer and what the OP asked
for (searching for a Facebook page for text keyword) – intcreator May 1, 2018 at 22:42

I came across similar problem and thus created Advanced Facebook Search that searches the News
Feed of any Facebook page or a Friend or your News Feed for a Query String and returns the search
2 results ordered by Likes, Shares, Creation Time or Comments Count.

Searches are kept anonymous and the search data particular to a User is never stored in any Database.
Have a look at the screenshot below or a give a try at

Link: http://advancedsearch.in/

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Jun 27, 2013 at 20:34 answered Apr 25, 2013 at 7:21
Apoorv Saxena
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6 The link doesn't work anymore – mic Jun 2, 2017 at 17:25

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 In a group, there's a Magnifying Glass icon in the top right-hand corner, near the 'settings' icon

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Feb 21, 2014 at 4:39
Erica
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And what does it do? – Vidar S. Ramdal Feb 21, 2014 at 8:59

1 That only works for groups, not pages. – intcreator May 1, 2018 at 22:38

Just use the normal search box on top of the page. Write your keyword and press enter.

On the left side of the results page, you will see a filter box with the title: "POSTS FROM". In this section,
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click "Choose a Source" and write the page that you want to search inside.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Mar 10, 2020 at 22:37
Huseyin Yagli
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Through Google. For instance, if you're looking for Facebook Italia posts, you should type the following
search string on Google: site:https://www.facebook.com/FacebookItalia followed by the words you're
-1 looking for. The url is not always equal to the page name

Share Improve this answer Follow edited May 10, 2017 at 10:12 answered May 10, 2017 at 7:47
Nico.S
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Why was this downvoted? – ahorn Dec 9, 2019 at 8:14

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