Hi Angie
**What would be really, really, REALLY great is if we could either replace Drupal.org's search entirely with something else (I've heard good things of Trip/SQL Search, but have never tried it), or improve the hell out of it because it is an absolute nightmare to find what you're looking for with it right now.**
I think there are improvements in CVS (i.e. 4.7). I forgot how extensive they are, but perhaps someone (was it Adrian or Nedjo?) can fill us in.
The *only* way I can search the site and get effective results is to go to Google and enter "site:drupal" and then my keywords.
I find myself using that a lot too. It is very handy for think like old issues I comment on and the like. For relevance, nothing beats Google to date, even our own beloved Drupal