Yeah, I realise that's the point of it and it makes sense to have it in place. But if there was a way to distinguish between members that have registered and/or paid for membership and then give those people a quicker search function it would improve the site a lot.

And yeah, google seems the way to go at the moment which is a pity considering we're trying to build up a wealth of knowledge on here.

The search facility is the most important part of a forum I think.