Does anyone else have problems with Search ?

[aidzhsiah]

I can rarely get the search to work... it almost always returns an error (Page Cannot Be Displayed) regardless what time of day I try.

Is it my computer or browser ? Or is it simply something to do with the site ?

EDIT : Apparently I have the same problem making new posts... although even though the Page Cannot Be Displayed comes up, the post/thread still gets made. Bleh.

[rookie]

This happens to me as well I would say 50% of the time.

[Headhunter]

Don't have a problem with that at all...

That said, the results aren't too usable; if the search results could be redesigned to be more readable/organized, that would be awesome.

[wanted]

I am having that problem.

When I first came to this as n00by, I would always get that error and end up posting the same message twice. Then after a while, I stopped getting it and the search feature worked for me. But now I after reformatted, I'm getting that error, I thought it had to be because of my outdated browser.

[rn]

I have the same prob both with posting and with the search function - the error always says "only allowed one post/search in __ secs"
??
Rn.
p.s. funny - got the same error msg when posting this very msg..

[ldrafter]

I frequently have problems with the search as well, even at times of the day when traffic should be lower. Can anyone shed any light on this?

[Absolute]

There are currently two threads about this, but anyways.

I have that problem when viewing new posts, around 5% of the time during the busy periods.

Late at night though, or early morning (6-8am EST), I have no problems or lag.

[grant]

This is a constant problem for me.

According to my PMs with Derek, he's not interested in doing any serious troubleshooting.

so we can either love it or leave it.

[Absolute]

According to my PMs with Derek, he's not interested in doing any serious troubleshooting.

so we can either love it or leave it.

I don't think it's that he's not interested in doing anything, it's probably out of his control. There are probably 101 other things that are on his list to do; although not seeing the PM's I can't speak for Derek. :)

If you refresh the page does seem to return fine; it's more of an annoyance than a serious issue. It sounds more like a problem with their hoster, than with the RFD forums.

[felix]

Same here. That's why I *try* to avoid using it if at all possible :confused: And even if it isn't down, it would return incorrect search results. I know it's not exactly google or <a href=../AffiliateAdmin/redirectpage.php?linkid=78 target=_blank>eBay</a>, but often it's more of an annoyance than anything.

Another way to search for a thread is to just use the "subscribed threads" feature under quick links. I usually find what i'm looking for there (as I post on pretty much every thread I visit :cheesygri )

[ghosty]

I have problems with the search as well, but what's very interesting, only when I'm using IE. With Firefox I always get results. They are not very accurate, but I get them...

[Gloaming]

Firefox has saved me hours of combing through these bloody forums...

Best part is that it is a very small program

[logics]

I get similar error when searching.. but there are time when the site get really slow though..

[felix]

I also intermittently get the "page cannot be displayed" error with IE only, and not with Firefox. This is when hitting "Submit Reply" when posting, as discussed in a previous thread.

[felix]

And I found out it's not an ISP problem as I've switched to Bell Sympatico recently (no more Rogers thank god!)