On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Alejandro Fernandez wrote:
>
> The current system of SEARCHENGINE commands is flawed in my opinion, but only
> because search engines are updated all the time. [...]
>
> Perhaps there is some kind of pattern to how the log file entries for search
> engine referrals work though. Most of the variable names of cgis powering search
> engines are called either query or something similar, and most of the other
> variables in a string have numeric values. So maybe some kind of generic way of
> determining what the keywords are can be worked out, although it would be error
> prone.
I did think about this. It was my preferred option initially. But I decided
there wasn't any algorithm that would even come close. If anyone has an idea
for an algorithm, then by all means suggest it.
In my opinion, the way you can add SEARCHENGINE commands of your own is
exactly why analog's search reports are NOT flawed.
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