# Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 5, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532 "2013-12-05T01:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532/1 "2013-12-05T01:12:52Z")
I click on New Posts. There are three pages of posts. I scan the titles and read some of them. I click for the next page of posts and I get this screen/message, “Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.” This has happened numerous times before. What is going on? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532/2 "2013-12-05T07:13:30Z")
How long a time is it between when you do the search and you get this result? When this has happened to me there has usually been a long time–for example I went away and did something else. So my assumption is that there is a limited time interval that search results are stored. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532/3 "2013-12-05T16:22:34Z")
Gracias, **PT**. That is probably the answer. I will attempt to stay more focused when viewing the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532/4 "2013-12-05T17:35:37Z")
Alternatively, you can open the additional pages in new tabs, which is what I do. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532/5 "2013-12-05T17:42:57Z")
Yeah, a search URL decays. However, it takes a lot longer than 2 minutes for it to do so which means you can just hit New Posts again. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532/6 "2013-12-05T17:46:33Z")
Thank you **IS**. I thought that if I hit “New Posts” again that I would lose the previous New Posts, because they are no longer new as they have been already searched from my previous visit. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532/7 "2013-12-05T19:23:41Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Thank you **IS**. I thought that if I hit “New Posts” again that I would lose the previous New Posts, because they are no longer new as they have been already searched from my previous visit. You are correct, you will lose the New Posts that you haven’t yet visited unless someone has replied to them in the intervening time. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-no-matches-please-try-some-different-terms/675532/8 "2013-12-05T19:54:49Z")
You mean the New Posts that are no longer available because the search timed out? Yeah, I guess you would lose those.