# Search wait by resources needed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-wait-by-resources-needed/471640>\
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**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-wait-by-resources-needed/471640 "2008-11-07T15:44:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-wait-by-resources-needed/471640/1 "2008-11-07T15:44:15Z")

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Would it be feasible to have the amount of time you wait until your next search be weighted by how resource-intensive your last search was? Title-only vs. body of threads, one forum vs. all open forums, last week and newer vs. last year, etc?

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-wait-by-resources-needed/471640/2 "2008-11-07T17:07:10Z")

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That fine-tuning of the wait between searches really isn’t available, unfortunately.