Search issue

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   While attempting to look for entries for "The Thrill Is Gone", I ran into this:

Search Error

One or more of the words used in your search criteria is below 3 characters.

Then, while attempting to adjust, I got this:

Search Error

Your IP address has exceeded the number of allowed searches

Please allow 30 seconds between searches or log into the forum

Is this normal behaviour? In effect, I could not find what I was looking for using the "new and improved" search. With the old "simple" system, I would have much more easily found what I was looking for - or not, if there is nothing.

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davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Search issue Posted: Yesterday at 7:08am
	While attempting to look for entries for "The Thrill Is Gone", I ran into this: Search Error One or more of the words used in your search criteria is below 3 characters. Then, while attempting to adjust, I got this: Search Error Your IP address has exceeded the number of allowed searches Please allow 30 seconds between searches or log into the forum Is this normal behaviour? In effect, I could not find what I was looking for using the "new and improved" search. With the old "simple" system, I would have much more easily found what I was looking for - or not, if there is nothing.
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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 hours 24 minutes ago at 8:22am
	I believe this is normal, yes, but I've only encountered it once. If you've never used the advanced search, you might want to change some of those options to help give you better results. For instance "match any word" when searching for a word like "is" (in the song title) will yield too many results. Instead, you can try "match all words" or "match phrase" and then display results as "topics" instead of "posts." That usually works a lot better. As for the 30-second thing, I believe that's a security feature so that our site doesn't get attacked by bots and spammers. I'm not sure if I can modify that setting, as I'm looking in the control panel and don't see anything obvious. Edited by aaronk - 23 hours 11 minutes ago at 8:35am
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop