How to search and view a registration protected forum thread without registering?

There are many a times when we search for something on a search engine and hit a registration protected forum page that won’t allow us to view its thread without registration. This post will show you how to bypass the forum registration process and still read the forum thread.

What a waste of time, I searched for something in a search engine and hit a registration protected forum thread/page. It requires me to register myself before I can even read the discussion in the thread. I am not even sure if the thread will solve my problem. I am forced to register to view just one thread. This is what exactly happened today with me when I was looking for a solution to fix a problem that I have with my broadband modem. Anyway, here’s how you can get away with registration and still view the thread.

Goto Google and type the search string and search it against the forum that requires registration. Example - your keyword site:theforumwebsite.com

You should then be looking at the results page with links to various forum threads from that forum. All you have to do is click on cache link below the search result instead of clicking on search result link itself. This will show you the cached version of the forum thread without the need for registration in the forum.

How this works? - Most of the forums allow Google and other search engines to crawl through them freely but don’t allow people to browse without a registration. Meaning, only members can access the thread. When viewing cached version, you see the page that search engines crawlers captured without registration in the forum.

This trick helped me a lot today. I not only viewed the forum thread but also found that the thread did not offer any solution to my problem. I saved myself from registering in the forum. So can you, just follow the trick.