Ways to search for a VKontakte community with and without registration
Vkontakte communities are groups in which people are united by one common interest. Various posts are published in it - text or with attached photos, audio and video recordings.
Why VKontakte communities are needed
Communities happen three types:
- Groups.
- public pages.
- Events.
"Groups" are for sharing opinions. In them each participant can publish posts, if allowed by the creators, comment on posts, add media files (photo, video, audio). It is possible to create "Discussions" in which users can freely communicate. All of these features are basic, they are emphasized, so they are located at the top of the page so that they are clearly visible.
"Public Page" is more suitable for Doing Business or news feed. All of the above functions also work in public pages, but they are located on the side, more below, so as not to draw attention away from the posts.
“Events” live up to their name: they are created to event organization and meetings.
- Doing Business. VKontakte has a large audience, so it is profitable to sell goods and advertise them in the vastness of this social network.
- Publication of creativity. It can be both own works (poems, drawings, recorded songs), and someone else's work.
- Bringing people together a common idea, such as: a passion for a common book, a film, a desire to keep abreast of news, etc.
Community search VKontakte
VKontakte has its own detection algorithm public. To do this, you must first go to "My groups" (the page is available only if the user is registered). On the right is a column where you can select "Search". You can also search immediately if you start typing text in the desired column, where “Search by communities” is written in gray font.
After entering, the results that satisfy the query will appear. The default sorting method is " Relevance". This means that publics are displayed first, the name of which is similar to the entered phrase. But VKontakte also analyzes the interests of the user, the list of his groups and pages, friends, so the most appropriate results, according to VK, will appear in the first lines of the result.
The second sorting method initially displays publics with the most participants.
VK also proposes to localize the location of the community, specifying the region(country, and after the city).
In the "Community type" column, you can choose:
- communities (that is, groups and public pages);
- Events.
Initially column installed“All”, that is, both publics and events are displayed.
After entering a phrase, its words will be highlighted in gray in the names.
The result can be seen in the screenshot above.
Search without registration
There are two main ways to search without registering.
For the first method, the built-in VKontakte function is used. To do this, follow the link: https://vk.com/communities
The following window will appear, which first displays popular and approved groups by the social network. In other words, what the social network recommends to the user.
Advanced search without registration is the same as for registered users. The only limitation is that closed groups will not be displayed, if the user is not authorized In contact with.
The second way is to search using the Google server system. Since VKontakte is a fairly popular and global network, all search engines interact with it. Therefore, in order to search enter a query according to the template: “VK Public name”. Instead of the word "VK", you can also enter a link to a social network: vk.com. And if the address of the public is known, for example, new_group, then it is enough to write its search string or indicate it in the address bar in the format: vk.com/new_group.
How to search for posts in a group
To facilitate the process of finding the necessary information in the public, there is a search algorithm for records. To do this, you must first go to the group and open the main page. Next to "Community Posts" is magnifier icon to be selected.
After that, enter the desired query in the column and press the Enter key. The page will display all records in which this request was partially or completely.
Also, many communities maintain their own hashtags, by which you can track topics post. Hashtags are entered through the "lattice".
If you enter it in the search bar, all entries of this subject will be displayed.