# How to get hits for Processing on search engine

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**Created:** [April 4, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-hits-for-processing-on-search-engine/48400 "2026-04-04T16:21:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![jsampson45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jsampson45](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jsampson45)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-hits-for-processing-on-search-engine/48400/1 "2026-04-04T16:21:13Z")

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Hello?

If I need to look something up on Google about Processing what is the best search term for getting relevant hits? “Processing” itself won’t do as it is too general.

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**Author:** ![sterretje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@sterretje](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sterretje)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-hits-for-processing-on-search-engine/48400/2 "2026-04-04T17:05:47Z")

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processing plus a keyword seems to work for me. The first hit for [processing array](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=processing+array) is a link to array in Processing’s reference.

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**Author:** ![lee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/lee/32/21413_2.png) [@lee](https://discourse.processing.org/u/lee)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-get-hits-for-processing-on-search-engine/48400/3 "2026-04-07T02:16:36Z")

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As search has gotten worse in the past decade, increasing recently, it is now probably best to think through what you’re searching for and go to a specific place to search for it. Some ideas:

- Need example code about a function or basic Processing stuff? Search on [Processing.org](http://Processing.org) Technically, it uses Google search engine specifically on the Processing website
- More complex ideas, concepts or want to see example programs? Try the [Processing subreddit search](https://old.reddit.com/r/processing/). You can check the box next to \*limit my search to r/processing\*.
- Stack Overflow has gone downhill since they made the site crappy and signed a deal with OpenAI, but still has some useful information with the [processing tag](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/processing) . You can add that tag to a search.
- [OpenProcessing](https://openprocessing.org/) has a search and is a good place to see example sketches and study people’s code