# Faster Searches? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 29, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-searches/226536 "2004-01-29T06:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-searches/226536/1 "2004-01-29T06:29:29Z")
I was just doing a search for a couple of subjects. I was suprised at how quickly the engine returned results. Now, granted I’m on cable and a pretty quick machine, but was something done during the conversion to make the search engine faster, or am I just on at a slow time for the board and thus realizing quicker results. Enquiring minds want to know… ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-searches/226536/2 "2004-01-29T07:27:11Z")
The board as a whole is lightning fast tonight. For now I’ll just assume that you and I are the only two nuts up this late and this is normal for the server at 2:26 am. Let’s hope it lasts! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-searches/226536/3 "2004-01-29T09:06:22Z")
Things are going well right now (cross fingers). I agree with **Ruby** – faster access to pages, including the search function, usually means there’s a lighter load on the server just then.