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hi

in my opinion it would be better to let the user know that when he is searching the forums, the search is made with google.

it is a surprise to me as someone who almost isn't using google to get their window open when searching.

thanks for listening..
Not sure of what you mean.
When you are on mybb.com (the main site, not the forum), the search placeholder is "Search MyBB.com" and it uses google, but when you are in the community part the placeholder is "Search forums" and it well use the forum search engine.
Same when in extend part, it uses the extend search.
when pressing search on these forums it goes to google

here is a screenshot of the button i'm talking about
As Crazycat said, it'll only do that on the homepage. When it says Search Forums, it'll use the MyBB search.
I can understand this concern in terms of privacy affairs.
There should be a notice about using Google as a third-party,
e.g. "Search MyBB.com using Google...".

[ETS]
(2022-02-16, 10:31 PM)[ExiTuS] Wrote: [ -> ]I can understand this concern in terms of privacy affairs.
There should be a notice about using Google as a third-party,
e.g. "Search MyBB.com using Google...".

[ETS]
this might be a good suggestion....