are you searching SteamGifts.com? ... why??

No. It sucks. I just use google to search the website instead.

i do. mostly the one when you create a giveaway. better than Google.

I use it mostly to find older discussions, sometimes games giveaways.

Sometimes users too :)

I rarely use it ,but when I do use it, its mostly about searching questions people had asked in the past in their discussion, like for example not long ago , I've searched for games that gives giftable copies like Don't Starve Together .

My favorite SG search is

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussions/subscribed/search?q=level

I use sometimes search to join specific game giveaways.

I have used the discussion search for figuring out quizzes in gift trains. The GA search is quite handy if you don't want to wishlist a game but want to find a giveaway. (Yeah, there are lots of ways to do this.)

Yes, usually just discussions to find things I am looking for(eg the proper bundle thread so I can find region locks, pagywosg thread when I forget to bookmark the current month, etc...)

I use SG archive search...useful for SG related info about the game. Or I rarely do search discussions' search as well. Mostly to find old thread from months back in order to bookmark, as bookmarking is a new feature. You can also amuse yourself with something random to search, example:
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussions/subscribed/search?q=Stupid
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussions/subscribed/search?q=piracy
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussions/subscribed/search?q=Tired
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussions/subscribed/search?q=terrible

Very rarely, just when i wonder something about a tecnical question and hope to find some help in the archives.

I hardly ever use it.
And when I do, it's mostly to find users. :)

Maybe to look to specific games. It's usually for a reason

I do but not often. In rare cases when I am looking for specific games. Though, these are usually the ones currently in bundles or similar and can be covered by the magnifying glass icon.

In the forum, I only use it when I am searching for a very SG specific long time thread like SGTools or 2solve.me.

I use it occasionally to pull up bundle threads if I want to check restrictions on a key I'm giving away. As long as I remember what bundle the key came from, that's often the quickest way to get that info.

I used to try and use the search function, but it is rarely useful.

Easier to just use ANY other search engine and include steamgifts.com

I very rarely use it myself. Rare occasions I'll use it for the deals to go back to old hb monthly. I would use it for play a win but its easier for me to go to one I have book marked, click on sams face and go to their threads instead. Otherwise I will type play a win realise I'm wrong since its play a game and never remember it for the next time I forget to bookmark the new month

I have tried for threads I've read then want to go back to, but without knowing the title its not easy to use the search function. I do have better luck typing roughly what I remember it saying then using google to find it

If you add site:steamgifts.com to a Google (or whatever) search, you will only get results from Steamgifts. That probably will work better than the search here.

For example, if you Google or Bing "site:steamgifts.com Are you searching" (without the quotes), this discussion is the first thing that will pop up

It's a bit weird since the search also tries to search to thread, if you're in such, so I usually just google with site:steamgifts.com.

rarely, mostly out of curiosity

🙄The most used situation...?
Search before asking questions.
Otherwise?
I use it when SGTools detects a violation from a winner.🔎

Search is bookmarked. Its how I open the site every time I come here because I want to enter for games I'm interested in
search wishlist.

Very often, but generally for checking out monthly topics (PAGYWOSG, monthly bundles, or searching for bundles by name in general)

Occasionally I use it to find the odd giveaway I entered by accident or a thread I remember. I do have Enhanced Steam Gifts installed. But I have filtered over 10K games, so odds are I don't need it to find the game I entered anyway.

If I see a game I am interested in, I will search for any other giveaways of that game. I also use search within message history to find a certain comment. Otherwise I will use a search engine if I'm trying to find something where perhaps I don't know the exact word I am looking for (like generally discussion topics or giveaway descriptions)

I don't search, I just go straight to the wishlist tab.