You can also add -"search the forum" to your search query hehehe I do think that you have hit upon a real problem, I'm sure a search for something like 'DIN problem would be useless today. 80% of hits are probably just "I have this problem" "Search the forum" I think a little netiquette can also apply here - if a person asks a question and is told to search the forums, all they need to do is reply to their own post later, saying something like "I found the answer here: <URL>". Many newbies already do this. If someone else posts the answer for them, they will have already posted a link that will take future searches to an answer :) That kind of behaviour is not only good for conversation, it makes sense in a forum like this, where everybody is simultaneously student and teacher.