# Search doesn't work

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**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [July 25, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/search-doesnt-work/25034 "2021-07-25T14:39:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/search-doesnt-work/25034/2 "2021-07-25T14:52:04Z")

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The box labeled “Description/Tags” searches on 4 things: the description/notes field, the tags, the taxon name, and the place description. If you limit it to just tags by adding `&search_on=tags` to the URL, your observation is 15th in the list.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/8/8839829d7f4cf982b2dcb4f1d39ac04a03dfac81.jpeg)

More details [here](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-2/18792#heading--search--terms).

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