Actually, you can search.

The link, above in WaterMom's post, and below my sig that says "Google Search PoolSolutions and 30,000+ PoolForum posts" takes you to a Google search of all of PoolSolutions and the PoolForum, minus posts in the last few days. It actually is a much better general search, than the built in search function.

It doesn't do as well with specialized things, like search for all the posts by a particular user or on a certain date . . . but that's of more use to moderators than regular users.

Ben