--- title: How does Site Search work? description: Easier searching with the site search --- [Skip to content](https://help.deedmob.com/en/how-does-site-search-work#main-content) - [English](https://help.deedmob.com/en/how-does-site-search-work) - [Nederlands](https://help.deedmob.com/nl/hoe-werkt-site-search) English Show submenu for translations [![logo\_white\_noballoon\_735x250.png\]](https://help.deedmob.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo_white_noballoon_735x250.png?width=147&height=40&name=logo_white_noballoon_735x250.png)](https://help.deedmob.com/en?hsLang=en) - [For users](https://help.deedmob.com/en/for-users) - [For organisations](https://help.deedmob.com/en/for-organisations) - [For platform admins](https://help.deedmob.com/en/for-platform-admins) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [For users](https://help.deedmob.com/en/for-users) - [For organisations](https://help.deedmob.com/en/for-organisations) - [For platform admins](https://help.deedmob.com/en/for-platform-admins) - - [English](https://help.deedmob.com/en/how-does-site-search-work) - [Nederlands](https://help.deedmob.com/nl/hoe-werkt-site-search) English Show submenu for translations Hi. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Knowledge Base](https://help.deedmob.com/en?hsLang=en) 2. [For platform admins](https://help.deedmob.com/en/for-platform-admins?hsLang=en) 3. [Features & Settings](https://help.deedmob.com/en/for-platform-admins?hsLang=en#features-settings) # How does Site Search work? ## Search and find content easier on your platform through site search Your platform can offer a search popup that opens over the current page. Visitors trigger it from the navigation bar, either by pressing **Cmd+K** (Mac) or **Ctrl+K** (Windows), or by clicking a search icon there. The popup itself appears centered on screen. ![Screenshot 2026-07-31 at 09.44.30](https://help.deedmob.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-07-31%20at%2009.44.30.png?width=670&height=85&name=Screenshot%202026-07-31%20at%2009.44.30.png) *You can open the site search through the search icon on the right side of your navigation bar, or by using the shortcuts Cmd+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows).* *![Screenshot 2026-07-31 at 09.44.36](https://help.deedmob.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-07-31%20at%2009.44.36.png?width=670&height=250&name=Screenshot%202026-07-31%20at%2009.44.36.png)* *The site search opens as a pop-up.* Think of it as a shortcut, not a full search engine. It's built for "get me there fast," not for digging through long descriptions. ### What it searches The bar looks across five parts of your platform and groups results by type: | Group | What it matches | | --- | --- | | Activities | Activity title | | Organizations | Organization name | | Pages | Title (or web address) of your own standalone pages | | Blog | Title (or web address) of your own blog posts | | Navigation | The links already in your site's navigation menu | It shows up to 5 results per group, so the list stays scannable even on a platform with thousands of activities. ### What it doesn't do The bar matches **titles and names only**. It doesn't look inside activity descriptions, summaries, or blog post bodies. If a volunteer types a word that only appears in the description, they won't find the activity this way. For that, they need the discover page's search box. That one searches title, summary, full description, organization name, and activity id together. If a coordinator reports "I searched for it and nothing came up," check which search box they used. ![Screenshot 2026-07-31 at 09.45.11](https://help.deedmob.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-07-31%20at%2009.45.11.png?width=670&height=331&name=Screenshot%202026-07-31%20at%2009.45.11.png) *Use the search option in the discovery overview to search an activity by their summary, organisation or full description.* Two more things worth knowing: - Only public, published content shows up. A draft activity or an unpublished page stays invisible here, same as everywhere else on the platform. - The search bar works the same whether someone is logged in or not, and titles show in the visitor's current language, as long as it's translated. ### Turning it on This search bar is off by default. 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