I would expect posts to have increased. I've seen a number of threads where people were asking for help on particular topics or locations where threads already existed, but may not be obvious from skimming only the general forums (fora?) (MilesBuzz, TravelBuzz, DiningBuzz, etc.). Even if Google had been used to search, I expect the hits may have been too high to be of practical use.

(That's one reason I'm an advocate for moderators moving threads on topics covered by specific forums out of the general forums into the specific forum.)