# Problem with the search function?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-search-function/720591>\
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**Created:** [May 22, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-search-function/720591 "2015-05-22T14:30:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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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:** [May 22, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-search-function/720591/1 "2015-05-22T14:30:40Z")

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Not seldom, I enter a search, click the “Search Now” button, the wheel spins, and I’m right back at the same page – and if I click the “Search Now” button again I get a message telling me I have to wait another 120 seconds. Why is that?

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-search-function/720591/2 "2015-05-23T00:23:21Z")

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This just happened to me too.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-search-function/720591/3 "2015-05-23T00:30:19Z")

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Not quite the same, but I did just post about search issues a day or two ago.

> **[Is New Posts broken...again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757401)**
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> Maybe the entire search feature is as well, but I rarely use that. I use the New Posts button a lot. Lately it seems like half the time I hit it I get the Please Try Again Later message. Thing is, every time I’ve gotten the message I know I’ve been...

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-search-function/720591/4 "2015-05-23T15:23:08Z")

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Don’t bother with the native search function here. Google search works much better. There’s a sticky in this forum with instructions.

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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:** [May 23, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-search-function/720591/5 "2015-05-23T22:20:46Z")

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Been getting a lot of "Internal Server Error"s too.