# Is search working? I just get a completely blank page every time I try

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**Created:** [August 10, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-search-working-i-just-get-a-completely-blank-page-every-time-i-try/727426 "2015-08-10T04:19:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-search-working-i-just-get-a-completely-blank-page-every-time-i-try/727426/1 "2015-08-10T04:19:24Z")

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Is search working for everyone else? When I try to do a search, I just get a blank white page. If I try again before 120 seconds, it gives me the typical “please wait” page. But once 120 seconds are up, further search attempts give the blank page again.

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**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-search-working-i-just-get-a-completely-blank-page-every-time-i-try/727426/2 "2015-08-10T04:52:59Z")

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It worked as it is supposed to when I used it just now.

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**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:** [August 10, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-search-working-i-just-get-a-completely-blank-page-every-time-i-try/727426/3 "2015-08-10T04:53:31Z")

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It just worked for me when I tried it.

For whatever reason, the search function sometimes works exceptionally poorly for some people while working normally for others. I don’t have an explanation for that.

If you can’t get it to work, the only thing I have to suggest for you is to use google. There’s a sticky called “HOWTO: Search the SDMB using Google” at the top of the ATMB forum.