Evernote, what on earth have you done to the search function?

[BERLINWOOD638 1]

It's so bad that I can't find anything. And let's not even talk about the AI search—it’s the most ridiculous thing ever.

[Mike P 2,951]

Could you give some examples of what you are trying to do?

[mrb186 3]

I'm experiencing the same maddening thing!  I've created a 'daily note' since 2011 so I have 4600+ notes in my "DAILY" notebook.  Just yesterday I needed to find all notes with the word "recoil" and it didn't find the word.  I finally looked at my Amazon purchase history and found the date that I ordered a recoil starter for my Honda mower.  I went to that daily note and sure enough, I had used the word "recoil", but Evernote hadn't found it! 

NOTE:  I just performed the search again and it is now working properly.

Maybe my database size is to blame, but lately Evernote has become almost unusable!  Evernote Web takes FOREVER to load on my Chromebook and if I use the 'Evernote App', it is SLOW and can't keep up with my typing!  (I use a Google Pixelbook Go, which is not a 'cheap' Chromebook).   The web version is also very slow to load on my Win 7 laptop and I really miss the 'local' Evernote program that will no longer function on my Win 7 machine.  (it was always fast and perfectly reliable).