The question then is will the search be as good or better than Google? If it's not (and it's exceptionally unlikely that it will be better), then it'll be faster to find the original source on the web via Google.
I agree. As humans, we're really good at finding the information we need, and when you have thousands of people every day searching "quit vim how" then PageRank takes care of the rest.
What's difficult sometimes is finding the right keywords for your problem. If you're really stumped, and copy/pasting the stack trace doesn't help, then figuring out what to search is a problem in itself.
Better. When I create notes they're abridged with the important parts in my own words and I usually include a few links for reference. With researching on google I'd need to find the proper search phrase and content again (not always one of the top links) and then I'd need to read through it all.
