Problem

[Yacov]

I was sure that I was loggedin and pressed search button to get needed info, but I was wrong; I was logged out. Then I logged in and I was told, that I had nothing inputed in the search bar...Now I need to wait 90seconds. It is not much, but still...

[AdolfinWolf]

I was sure that I was loggedin and pressed search button to get needed info, but I was wrong; I was logged out. Then I logged in and I was told, that I had nothing inputed in the search bar...Now I need to wait 90seconds. It is not much, but still...

Yeah, this is done to prevent abuse from people with bad intentions.

Say you have a bot that created a hundred newbie accounts, which also use the search function, causing the server to lagg ( because it needs to index so many posts), essentially DOS'ing itself.

Once you rank up, this limit gets lower ( less seconds).

[czhen]

I also experienced the same thing as that.
but I think it's just a lag time does not matter we wait 90 seconds to then we start doing the search again.
 

[Thirdspace]

you can use SEARCH > Google Search without forum's limitation rules
and for me the results from google are more readable and a lot easier to navigate
if you insist using built-in forum search, the waittime for searching will be shorter as you get higher rank