# Dammit, I pay for this site and I should have the ability to do more than one search every 2 minutes **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 12, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181 "2016-06-12T12:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/21 "2016-06-17T00:24:15Z")
Be grateful – it used to be _5 minutes_. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/22 "2016-06-17T00:58:21Z")
This is how I search in Google: SDMB: searchtopic The first link will be the best match, and then there will be a few other links listed below, and if none of those look correct the final link will be “More results from [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com).” It’s dead easy. Click [here](https://www.google.ca/search?q=sdmb%3A+search+function&oq=sdmb%3A+search+function&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.11621j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) for a perfect example. Works like a charm. ETA: “searchtopic” being the actual string that you’re searching for. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/23 "2016-06-17T01:09:16Z")
Searching google using SDMB mostly works, but occasionally you’ll get results from things like the Sonaran Desert Mountain Bikers.or the Surveillance and Data Management Branch (part of the Division of STD Prevention at the Center for Disease Control). Using site:straightdope.com is more reliable, though it does require a bit more typing. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/24 "2016-06-18T01:18:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I use Google with the “site:” option. It’s the only way I can get search to work. Someone – I’M SORRY for not giving the credit, because I lost it – posted this a while back. Save it to a bookmark: [noparse]javascript:void(location.href='[Google](https://www.google.com/?q=site:boards.straightdope.com%23q=site:boards.straightdope.com%20'+prompt(%22Enter%20your%20search%20t%20erms:%22))) [/noparse] And, while you’re at it, somebody tell me why my bracketsnoparse/noparse pair no workee. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/25 "2016-06-26T12:00:14Z")
Can you reproduce the “new posts” results using google? That’s the one I want to use, and it has the same incredibly annoying wait. (Especially after it doesn’t do anything the first time.) I would LOVE if they reduced the wait time to something reasonable, like 15 seconds. That would still avoid most DDS attacks, but would improve functionality for users. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/26 "2016-06-26T13:55:35Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > While we don’t have performance issues as often as we used to, we do still suffer from performance issues from time to time. As the last complaints were only a few months ago, I wouldn’t expect them to lower the timer any time soon. Yeah, we’ve upgraded to AD related performance issues. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/27 "2016-06-26T15:41:33Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Can you reproduce the “new posts” results using google? That’s the one I want to use, and it has the same incredibly annoying wait. (Especially after it doesn’t do anything the first time.) > > I would LOVE if they reduced the wait time to something reasonable, like 15 seconds. How often do you have to know if there have been any new posts in the last 15 seconds? ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/28 "2016-06-26T17:39:36Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Can you reproduce the “new posts” results using google? That’s the one I want to use, and it has the same incredibly annoying wait. (Especially after it doesn’t do anything the first time.) > > I would LOVE if they reduced the wait time to something reasonable, like 15 seconds. That would still avoid most DDS attacks, but would improve functionality for users. Use the “back” button of your browser to return to the new posts page instead of trying to do a new search. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181/29 "2016-06-26T18:27:11Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > Use the “back” button of your browser to return to the new posts page instead of trying to do a new search. When I remember, I do that. But I don’t have to on any other forum I visit, and I often forget. Then it seems to get messed up and confused. It’s incredibly annoying. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > How often do you have to know if there have been any new posts in the last 15 seconds? See above. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-i-pay-for-this-site-and-i-should-have-the-ability-to-do-more-than-one-search-every-2-minutes/757181.md?page=1)