OT: Can't we upgrade "search" limits?
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As the content becomes more robust on this site, and more members pony up, can't we expand to real-time search capabilities?
To limit searches to "one per minute" in 2007 seems pretty retro.
While waiting to get to the next term or topic, I click, click, click and refresh until the clock runs out. That's gotta be more a waste of bandwidth than more search volume.
Just wondering....
To limit searches to "one per minute" in 2007 seems pretty retro.
While waiting to get to the next term or topic, I click, click, click and refresh until the clock runs out. That's gotta be more a waste of bandwidth than more search volume.
Just wondering....
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Agreed, that 1-minute wait is very frustrating. I find that it really reduces the amount of searching I do. I think it used to be like ~20 sec, which wasn't so bad, but got bumped up to 1 min, which is often rather a pain.
And I'd hate to think that noobs aren't using Search because it's so difficult to use.
And I'd hate to think that noobs aren't using Search because it's so difficult to use.
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The other irritating thing about the search function are members constantly telling others to use it. Would it be possible to add the term to the banned keyword list?
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I've got to agree with you there JasonAndreas, it would be nice if people would either provide assistance or refrain from commenting. I hate it when I'm using the search function to research a topic, and I am forced to wade through postings where my relevant question is asked, and the only response given was to "do a search". Given that everything that we say here is archived, it makes more sense to either "put up or shut up".
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Searches are really burdensome to servers. I can understand why they have to do some throttling. John D. doesn't have Google's deep pockets for hardware after all.
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Originally Posted by JasonAndreas
The other irritating thing about the search function are members constantly telling others to use it. Would it be possible to add the term to the banned keyword list?
j/k
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Originally Posted by hn
Probably a dumb question, but what is the check box with "Also search in child forums"?
FWIW, I also find the search a bit discouraging.
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I think there's a way to use Google to search only a specific site but I don't know how well-archived the posts are on there. I know some of them have come up when I've searched Google before. That's a potential workaround.
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Originally Posted by Thaddeus
Searches are really burdensome to servers. I can understand why they have to do some throttling. John D. doesn't have Google's deep pockets for hardware after all.
A 15 second interval works well to limit/inhibit the spider/robot ecosystem, and is widely adopted in the discussion forum community.
Given we're a community where many work hard to shave 1 second off lap times by removing floor mats and radios, it's ironic that:
if you lose one minute to reload one search every day, you've lost 12 hours during a two year membership!
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