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Tim Bray just posted some of his experiences in building a web search engine, and how people use simple vs. advanced search.

It’s a good (and short) read. I’ve noticed a similar pattern of usage, although I don’t have any form of statistics to back it up. Looking through the logs in CAREO, hardly anyone uses the advanced search page. I think I’ve only really used it while building/testing it… Simple search does everything I need.

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