Can't Find Posting Using A Keyword

i have a posting under farm and garden. when i go just under farm and garden i can find my posting. but if i type in a keyword for farm and garden i can't find my posting

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on May 7th, 2012 2:40 PM

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if as you say the keyword doesn't work, it's a glitch of some kind, that may be affecting all keywords. The fact that you can find the post by category is good; the unhappy truth is that many confirmed posts never appear at all (see this Craigslist page).

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