In Reply to: Searching archives is hard because posted by paris91 on Monday, 12. September 2005 at 00:05 Bali Time:
If people searched the archives first about the topic they were interested in (eg common posts like "What does JBR mean" "What is S&S", "Can I pay VOA in Aus $'s", "Where can I get the best DVD's","Where can you get larger sized clothing for women" etc)
then there would be less posts to wade through to begin with while searching.
Because people don't search (for whatever reason) the same questions are asked , the same answers given & then come "search the archives" posts ..over & over.
I think saying do a search is valid as often a newcomer may not even know the search engine exists.
What does makes searching the archives difficult is that it's full of the same questions (due to a non search to begin with)& quite frankly many posts complaining about the fact others say "do a search"
I don't usually have a problem searching but that may be because I'm not new & have learnt to type in other words to broaden the search or bring up specific info.