I may have found a solution. I went into my ~/.local/share/zeitgeist folder and deleted all contents. I then ran "zeitgeist-daemon --replace" in a terminal to restart it, and things now work much faster when searching for those folders.
Now my complaint is that the folders in my home directory are not being indexed unless I add a bookmark in Nautilus. That may need to be filed in a separate bug.
I may have found a solution. I went into my ~/.local/ share/zeitgeist folder and deleted all contents. I then ran "zeitgeist-daemon --replace" in a terminal to restart it, and things now work much faster when searching for those folders.
Now my complaint is that the folders in my home directory are not being indexed unless I add a bookmark in Nautilus. That may need to be filed in a separate bug.