Search wait time

[RichM]

Hi there,

I find it a bit annoying when I encounter the following message on vBulletin.com/forum:

"This forum requires that you wait 20 seconds between searches. Please try again in 16 seconds".

Often, if I type the search query wrong or if I failed to find anything, it may be necessary to make another search, and the wait time isn't helpful. Obviously it's better for me to try and make use of the search function, as opposed to possibly creating a duplicate thread.

I understand that it's there to help reduce the server from being overloaded in terms of system resource usage, but is there no way that the search wait time feature could be disabled for those who are in the valid license/customer group? (not sure what you call the group)

Cheers

- Rich

[punchbowl]

Might I suggest you spend one second checking the search query isn't wrong before hitting submit.

[RichM]

Might I suggest you spend one second checking the search query isn't wrong before hitting submit.

Obviously I do, but it's inevitable that people are likely to make a mistake at some point. Besides, that was just one example as to why people may find the wait limit an inconvenience.

[jmurrayhead]

I agree with Rich...20 seconds is a bit much and we're only human..mistakes tend to happen.

[harmor]

One thing I would like changed is check for words less than three characters first.
If you were to search for "vb vs ipb" it'll tell you what words are too common.
If you change your search query you still have to wait 20 seconds.

[copiertalk]

The disadvantage is when I try and help people and I search for different terms and it makes me wait between searches for different terms.

[Lats]

I find the google search quite flexible:

site:vbulletin.com "search phrase"

...and it doesn't have a time limit

[copiertalk]

I find the google search quite flexible:

site:vbulletin.com "search phrase"

...and it doesn't have a time limit

Interesting Tip.

I need to focus more on the power of google as a search engine as well as a tool for my own site.

Thanks lats.

[RichM]

I really wish something could be done about this. This limitation is so annoying.

I just went to search something, and it didn't appear to do anything, so I clicked "Search now" again, only to be told:

his forum requires that you wait 20 seconds between searches. Please try again in 12 seconds.

That's another reason as to why I find it annoying!

I used to run a forum which was much busier than this forum at one point. We always had the wait limit disabled (0 seconds) and we never had any problems. I would suspect that our server was also less powerful than what this forum is hosted on today... So with that in mind, I question whether or not it's really necessary to have it enabled....

[TomJames]

I find the google search quite flexible:

site:vbulletin.com "search phrase"

...and it doesn't have a time limit

That's what I do, the built in search is pretty useless, partly because of the time limit.

[Wayne Luke]

We do not have any plans to lower this value at this time. We did lower it from 60 seconds to 20 seconds not too long ago and are currently satisfied with the level of performance vs. load concerns.