Re: Query Results sent from search engines CGI variable?
Try using cfdump to output the CGI scope. Then you will be able to see all the CGI variable available to you. http://www.uxbinternet.com > > > > > > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Query Results sent from search engines CGI variable?
It'll be in the referrer, if present, which is sent by the browser. cgi.http_referer, split it up, check the domain to identify the search engine, and then check the query string to find the search query under the corresponding variable. cheers, barneyb On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:34 PM, UXB Internet wrote: > > I have a client who wants to make their site more user friendly when someone > is sent to them from a search engine. What they want is when someone comes > from a search engine link that we obtain the original search query (if sent) > and in addition to showing the requested page present a list of other items > from their site matching an internal search result using that criteria. > > I know that many search engines send the original search query over to the > website I am assuming in the header because I can obtain that information > from the web-server log reports. What I don't know is if it is available in > the CGI variables Cold Fusion can get from IIS6. > > Does anyone know if they are available and how to programmatically extract > them for use within Cold Fusion? > > > Dennis Powers > UXB Internet - A Website Design & Hosting Company > P.O. Box 6028 > Wolcott, CT 06716 > 203-879-2844 > http://www.uxbinternet.com > > > > > > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334199 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Query Results sent from search engines CGI variable?
> What I don't know is if it is available in > the CGI variables Cold Fusion can get from IIS6. The few times I've had to do this I parsed out the original query from the CGI.HTTP_Referer variable (URL string of the page that linked to yours). The format is slightly different depending on which engine the user came from, but it's not too hard to get the string out in a usable form. -Justin Scott ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334198 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Query Results sent from search engines CGI variable?
Try parsing the cgi.http_referer variable. It won't always have a value, but when it does, you can extract the keywords used when querying the search engine. Regards, Che -Original Message- From: UXB Internet [mailto:denn...@uxbinternet.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 4:35 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Query Results sent from search engines CGI variable? I have a client who wants to make their site more user friendly when someone is sent to them from a search engine. What they want is when someone comes from a search engine link that we obtain the original search query (if sent) and in addition to showing the requested page present a list of other items from their site matching an internal search result using that criteria. I know that many search engines send the original search query over to the website I am assuming in the header because I can obtain that information from the web-server log reports. What I don't know is if it is available in the CGI variables Cold Fusion can get from IIS6. Does anyone know if they are available and how to programmatically extract them for use within Cold Fusion? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334197 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Query Results sent from search engines CGI variable?
I have a client who wants to make their site more user friendly when someone is sent to them from a search engine. What they want is when someone comes from a search engine link that we obtain the original search query (if sent) and in addition to showing the requested page present a list of other items from their site matching an internal search result using that criteria. I know that many search engines send the original search query over to the website I am assuming in the header because I can obtain that information from the web-server log reports. What I don't know is if it is available in the CGI variables Cold Fusion can get from IIS6. Does anyone know if they are available and how to programmatically extract them for use within Cold Fusion? Dennis Powers UXB Internet - A Website Design & Hosting Company P.O. Box 6028 Wolcott, CT 06716 203-879-2844 http://www.uxbinternet.com ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
