Why is it that Btalk search bar is slow as molasses? I make one search and the whole system is down for 10 minutes lol
Yes 1 search in 4 second is the limit and that limit is for everyone irrespective of the rank.
Just use google based search engine, lol. It's already added to bitcointalk. Also nobody use forum's search that much. We tend to use ninjastic. 
Yes you can use the Google Search Option available in forum but I don't like it as the result shown from this view are different form normal google search and doesn't seems like regular google search
From above Google Search results will look like this.
But if you use google's keyword "site:bitcointalk.org" your search results will be more like regular google search and also more accurate results with no ads
| Google Search Option from bitcointalk | Normal google search with 'site' keyword |
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So I will suggest use this option to search anything on bitcointalk
Code:
history of bitcoin site:bitcointalk.org