Google workaround
You may or may not have noticed that the "discussions" link in Google search (under the more link) has now disappeared, along with the blogs filter as well.
If, like myself you liked to use the discussions filter to pull up just forums and news groups etc for the search results, here is a little workaround that will work for you.
After your search URL just append the following... &tbm=dsc
As an example, if I were searching for "Dog training" in Google, just conduct the search as normal. When the results are returned type &tbm=dsc at the end of the url and go.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?noj=...aining&tbm=dsc
If, like myself you liked to use the discussions filter to pull up just forums and news groups etc for the search results, here is a little workaround that will work for you.
After your search URL just append the following... &tbm=dsc
As an example, if I were searching for "Dog training" in Google, just conduct the search as normal. When the results are returned type &tbm=dsc at the end of the url and go.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?noj=...aining&tbm=dsc