# Search Engine **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 15, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine/45666 "2000-12-15T01:50:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine/45666/1 "2000-12-15T01:50:47Z")
Why does the Straight Dope search engine only go back 30 days? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine/45666/2 "2000-12-15T01:55:27Z")
It goes back further than that. See the menu box for options. See the one on top. But usually what you’re looking for tends to be of fairly recent vintage. Also intensive searches are tough on the system and slow it down, especially during times of heavy usage. So think about what you’re looking for before you hit the button. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine/45666/3 "2000-12-15T20:57:57Z")
Thanks Tuba Good thing I’m not hunting man eating lions. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine/45666/4 "2000-12-17T01:23:30Z")
“YOU CALLED?”