(vanity) Has Search been disabled on FR for today?

Nov 6, 2012 | (self)

[JustSayNoToNannies]

When I click the Search link, I get a blkank page (Firefox) or an HTTP 403 Forbidden (IE). Has Search been disabled to cut down on server strain? (There may already be posts about this, but I can't find them because I can't search. ;D)

[tsowellfan]

I had the same problem most of the afternoon yesterday whenever I tried to search an article before posting it. It took forever and never did load search results.

[RobertClark]

I just tried a search from the forum page and got results.

[Sgt_Schultze]

use Google instead - it is very robust

topic site:freerepublic.com

[dfwgator]

Go to Google, type your search query and then add “site:www.freerepublic.com” to the end of it.

[oh8eleven]

Has Search been disabled to cut down on server strain?
Yes, but sadly, inane vanities still get through.

[shhrubbery!]

I got the same thing when I tried to do a search on Akin - wanted to see what the latest MO polls were showing.

This is what the Chrome message said:

Access to the webpage was denied
You are not authorized to access the webpage at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=%2Aakin.
You may need to sign in.
HTTP Error 403 (Forbidden): The server refused to fulfill the request.

I noted the message above "You may need to sign in." I signed in, but got the same message.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

:-p Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Nice shot. Made me chuckle. :)

[acw011]

The site is screaming fast today - hope that continues!

[Kirkwood]

Works for me (IE).

[txrangerette]

I tried it just now after seeing your post.

I typed “ohio” into the box above keywords, and got back a bunch of articles with Ohio election themes.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Go to Google, type your search query and then add “site:www.freerepublic.com” to the end of it.

I always assumed there was at least a few hours latency there - but when I filtered on the last 24 hours and sorted by date, I got results as recent as 3 minutes ago. Thanks for the suggestion!

[deport]

Go to the following page, type in your search in the upper right hand corner. You can search under keyword, title, user, etc.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index?tab=comments

[LADY J]

I’ve always had faster & better results with Dogpile.com

[smokingfrog]

John found some problem with the servers yesterday and corrected it to get things moving at normal speed today. Whatever he did seems to have worked, but it also broke the search feature.

[Bon of Babble]

Is this temporary or permanent??

[1rudeboy]

Did you do a Search? This thread was posted earlier.

[smokingfrog]

keyword still works, but title search doesn’t - at least not for me

[LADY J]

I forgot to mention - if you posted a reply to the thread you’re looking for - just click on New Posts To You & find it there.

[InterceptPoint]

The site is screaming fast today - hope that continues!
+++++++++
Indeed it is. If this holds up through the rest of the day a lot of us are going to owe Jim Robinson an apology.

[lbryce]

I had the same problem yesterday. I tried using the FR search feature on Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and couldn’t get search results on any of them.

[Fiji Hill]

I just used it and it works fine.

[Kennard]

use Google instead - it is very robust

But how often does Google refresh its image of FR? What about searching for similar threads in the past hour before posting a new thread? Would Google pick that up?

[libertarian27]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2955619/posts?page=9#9

[NoLibZone]

Yes.

That’s how they made more resources available.

[Foolsgold]

You spelled it wrong deBummer says Oiho.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

But how often does Google refresh its image of FR?

When I filtered on the last 24 hours and sorted by date, I got results as recent as 3 minutes ago.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

When I click the Search link, I get a blank page (Firefox) or an HTTP 403 Forbidden (IE).

Did you do a Search?

LOL! Good one.

[geologist]

Have you seen or do you know what happened to a poster here on FR by the name John Huang2? Haven't seen anything by him for a long long time. He mostly was posting in the middle of the night for us here in Texas. He was sorta like Drudge, really early on many stories.

[RobertClark]

He posted Monday morning, but has not posted much at all over the past year or so:

Link Here

You're right, he had a unique perspective on some pretty early reads.

[Marathoner 244]

I’m having the same problem. Can’t get my email on my PC but OK on my Apple IPAD2. Hopefully it’s temporary.

[qam1]

Freerepublic’s search was updated by the very same people who took the easy to use and accurate search that Windows XP had and “upgraded” to the inaccurate God knows what, where and who search feature Windows Vista and Seven now have.

So search is fine, you just don’t know how to index your drives properly. Signed - Mr. Microsoft Vendor

[geologist]

Do you know what has happened to our tag lines?

They seem to be gone from our posts...

[Jane Long]

Whatever he did seems to have worked, but it also broke the search feature.

OK...it's not just me.

Yes, I'm logged in :)