A Bit Odd...

[10ClarionSt]

...on tinterweb. I search for AB but "Sorry, we are not able to find any results". I also get the same for email. However, typing in the full web address takes me to these sites. Is there something wrong with the search facility? Any help appreciated. TIA

[bhg481]

I just put "answerbank" into Google and it came up with a link.

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks bhg. I just logged off, then typed Answerbank into the search bar. It said it could not find any results. Could there be a fault with the search function? 

[bhg481]

I'm not sure which search bar you mean. I've typed it both into a Google search and in the address line on my browser and both come up with a link to answerbank.co.uk.

[barry1010]

Clear your cache and cookies.

Try a different browser 

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks bhg. I think I need to update my browser. You won't be surprised it's not working when I tell you I'm still using Windows 7, but only for non-important stuff. For other things I have a lap top. So, it is what it is. Thanks again. No problems.

[bhg481]

I'm still on W7 with both my desktop and laptop but my wife is on W10 with her laptop. I have software which won't work if I update; an update is expensive and it has been changed to a format I don't like, so I'm sticking with W7.

[ToraToraTora]

you on the electric yet?

[bhg481]

No, my gas-fired desktop is much cheaper to run than an electric one.

[Atheist]

There's a duckduckgo problem at the moment.

[Buenchico]

https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/23/microsoft-outage-takes-bing-duckduckgo-chatgpt-20895946/

[barry1010]

That's odd. DDG is down for me on my Android phone, nowt to do with Microsoft or Bing, unless they have common factors that have been disrupted 

[smudge]

I typed in Answerbank from Google and it brought me back here.  ;o) 

[Buenchico]

Quote:
"DuckDuckGo's results are a compilation of "over 400" sources according to itself, including Bing, Yahoo! Search BOSS, Wolfram Alpha, Yandex, and its own web crawler (the DuckDuckBot); but none from Google"

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

So if any of those sources 'throw a wobbly' (such as Bing, in this case), the problems can then get passed onto DuckDuckGo.

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks for the replies folks. I am on DDG and that's where the problem was. Sorted now. 

Now, I just need to contact Eon to get connected! 😄