Factorio Forums

I use search a lot, but I often find myself annoyed at the message:
Sorry but you cannot use search at this time. Please try again in a few minutes.

I'd like to suggest lowering the search interval for users with over a certain post count. (50 or 100 or something)

I don't think there is a fixed interval, it's just server overload.
Sometimes I've been able to do many searches in rapid succession (10 searches in a minute or so), other times almost every search failed.
Also strange is that sometimes going to the next page in a result gives the error, but F5ing instantly loads that page.

Fortunately now that GoogleBot is allowed, we don't need to use the forum search at all.

Add "site:factorioforums.com" to your Google search.