Yes exactly, but lots of people don't know about that. (even though you've been able to do that on Google Search for years.) Some people just don't get into the internet enough to know.
More frequent reminders about that to new members (and longer) can help get the word out. I'm not saying stop giving crap, I get it... Hell, I'm a newb to this forum just as much as the OP lol. But I also understand that sometimes it can be taken to the extreme and ends up hurting the community more than the fun it's worth.
Or perhaps a hook/app add-in to change the search features function to utilize Google's search engine...
Now none of this is meant to irritate or piss off anyone, just observations based on my experience with other forms... None of which are perfect BTW