# Search Engine Issues

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-issues/668614>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 11, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-issues/668614 "2013-09-11T23:57:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-issues/668614/1 "2013-09-11T23:57:44Z")

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Advanced search yields only a blank page.

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**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-issues/668614/2 "2013-09-12T00:08:12Z")

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Seems to work for me.

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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:** [September 12, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-issues/668614/3 "2013-09-12T02:01:22Z")

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Works for me. But with all the problems I still see on the Board, I don’t disbelieve the OP.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-issues/668614/4 "2013-09-12T11:25:06Z")

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If it works for Sam . . .

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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:** [September 12, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-issues/668614/5 "2013-09-12T15:50:46Z")

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If it happens intermittently then it’s probably related to all of the other general performance problems that the SDMB has been having lately.

If it happens every single time then it’s probably a problem on your end.

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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:** [September 13, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-issues/668614/6 "2013-09-13T03:43:43Z")

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EDIT: D’oh! :smack: Never mind. I thought this was the Board Performance Problems thread.