# Now have to wait 300 seconds after search with no results?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-have-to-wait-300-seconds-after-search-with-no-results/469226>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 23, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-have-to-wait-300-seconds-after-search-with-no-results/469226 "2008-10-23T17:00:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-have-to-wait-300-seconds-after-search-with-no-results/469226/21 "2009-02-10T01:47:58Z")

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> [@SkipMagic](#):
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> As for your original question, **Revtim** , I’ll have to defer to Jerry for the answer for when he gets the opportunity to come back and say something.

It still makes one wait after a search with no results, FYI.

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-have-to-wait-300-seconds-after-search-with-no-results/469226/22 "2009-02-10T02:25:58Z")

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Don’t know how this change is much of a help at all, since I searched, never got ANY RESULT (including “no matches,” etc.) and, when I retried, was told I had to wait 300 seconds.

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**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-have-to-wait-300-seconds-after-search-with-no-results/469226/23 "2009-02-10T04:50:09Z")

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We’ve just had a lively thread about this in the Pit

> **["search feature"](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504997)**
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> The search feature on this board sucks donkey cock. As piss poor as this feature is the 5 minute wait makes me want to fucking smash something!!! FUCK

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-have-to-wait-300-seconds-after-search-with-no-results/469226/24 "2009-02-11T03:27:24Z")

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> [@ShermanAter](#):
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> We’ve just had a lively thread about this in the Pit
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> ["search feature" - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504997)

Yeah, I contributed to that thread. But, just to be clear, that BBQ pit thread is about the search feature sucking in general, but the issue in this thread is specifically about the having to wait 300 seconds after a search that did not come up with any results.

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