The Search function keeps timing out.

Very slow even on my cable modem business machine!!

I get the message that I can only make one search every 10 seconds.

I sat and watched the second hand to be sure that I was waiting longer than 10 seconds. Even doing this I got the message more than once.

I've tested the search function several times after reading the original message and have not yet had an error or problem. The server load is moderately low, and I don't see anything that could possibly be causing the problem.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Rich,

I've run several searches today and had no problem. I would guess that it's on the user's end.

OK,it's not timing out on my home machine now, but what's the reason for the following error message on a simple search??

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : herpsupplies.com

Originally Posted by Lloyd Heilbrunn

OK,it's not timing out on my home machine now, but what's the reason for the following error message on a simple search??

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : herpsupplies.com

Well if I had to take a wild guess, I would guess your search phrase is too long.

When generating the index for the search engine to use, there are a number of options needed to be taken into consideration. There is a lower limit and an upper limit to the index keys that have to be considered. The idea is to try to make the search as comprehensive as possible, yet not so BIG that it becomes unwieldy because of the huge size of the index. The lower limit on the index here is 4 characters, and the upper limit is 15. Making the lower limit smaller increases the index dramatically. Making the upper limit does the same thing. So like most things in life, a compromise had to be chosen to what seemed the most reasonable of choices available.