Its "experiencing heavier traffic than normal" and asking us to "please come again later".

You'd think, that they could have it that member would be able to access it, no matter what the number of folk on it is, bump the none member if need be, its what a lot of other sites do.

 

It was down like half an hour ago so I'm assuming the influx overloaded it afterwards.

 

The things been like that for ages for me. I've not been able to access the search for a couple of days.

 

The Search's disability was recent? Well, hadn't used the Search in ages until yesterday, thought it had disabled.

 

To be quite honest it could have not been working for longer. I don't tend to go out looking for fics but just read stuff others have recommended. The only reason I noticed it was down was because I was trying to help someone find a fic they'd lost.

 

and now its working