is it me or the search function is broken?

[bleuless]

try a search and see for yourself, nothing will return in result if you search for "tomtom" yet there ARE threads about tomtom in hotdeal

 

[MedicBob]

Search has been borked for awhile here. There is a trick that helps but I don't remember it.

 

[allisolm]

Simple search works fine -put "tomtom" in at Hot Deals and you get 2 threads.
Advanced search is another story. You have to use "title and summary". With it you get the same two threads. The other two options in advanced search don't work and haven't for maybe 9 months.