# Is something wrong with the search function?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-search-function/744394>\
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**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-search-function/744394 "2016-01-27T18:37:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-search-function/744394/1 "2016-01-27T18:37:53Z")

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I’ve tried running the same simple keyword-search half a dozen times in the past twenty minutes and every time I get “Page cannot be displayed.”

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-search-function/744394/2 "2016-01-27T19:28:39Z")

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I [noted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18885710#post18885710) an issue with this a few months ago. I found there were certain words that caused the search to fail. I’m guessing it’s a corrupted index.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-search-function/744394/3 "2016-01-28T01:11:14Z")

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When has there _not_ been something wrong with the Search function?

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-search-function/744394/4 "2016-01-28T01:15:28Z")

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Good question. Let me search for all the threads about it.

Oh, crap.