Wow, great list! It would appear glancing at it that simply looking for the URL variable "q" in the referer would handle most search engines by itself.
-Matt On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 12:52 PM, Hagan, Ryan Mr (Contractor ACI) wrote: > Here's a start. I started collecting this data quite some time ago, > and it > only represents search engines that people used to find sites where > I've > collected this data. In other words, this isn't exactly a > comprehensive > list and you can already see where minor variations on the URL could > cause a > big headache. > > What I have at this page is a list of Search Engine URLs that directed > user's to my site, as well as the query string variable to holds the > search > term. I also have the generic search name (for instance google.com, > google.ca, google.it, google.co.uk, et al. is just "Google") in there. > Have > fun! > > http://www.firesideloghomes.com/ryandotnet/searchEngines.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Can this be done? > > > This would be a bad idea for a community implemented UDF. *hint* *hint* > > Here is the idea... > > Someone writes up a quick UDF shell something like the following. > > <cffunction name="getSearchQuery" returntype="string"> > <cfargument name="referer" type="string" required="true"> > <!--- pick out the domain from the referer ---!> > <cfset var domain = REFind()> > <cfswitch expression="#UCase(domain)#"> > <cfcase value="GOOGLE.COM"> > <!--- return the search query ---> > <cfreturn REFIND()> > </cfcase> > <cfswitch> > </cffunction> > > Then a bunch of different communities pick a search engine and write > the cfcase for it. Before you know it all the major search engines will > be supported. Anyone interested? > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.MontaraSoftware.com > (888) 408-0900 x901 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
