# Search function not working for me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working-for-me/302971>\
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**Created:** [May 8, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working-for-me/302971 "2005-05-08T22:25:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working-for-me/302971/1 "2005-05-08T22:25:30Z")

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I’ve tried using Firefox, and when I click the button it loads for a while and then it just reloads the search page. I’ve tried IE, and I just get a “Page cannot be displayed” page after a while of loading.

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**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:** [May 9, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working-for-me/302971/2 "2005-05-09T01:56:06Z")

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::: sigh ::: When things get too busy, stuff gets timed out . . . like searches.

We apologize for your inconvenience.

your humble TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working-for-me/302971/3 "2005-05-10T01:28:50Z")

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Oh, I didn’t know it was a bandwidth problem. I had tried it at various times and it did the same thing each time so I figured it was a browser problem. I’ll try a less busy time, I guess.