I'd have to say mu to that one!

This would be another option, I suppose. Basically my initial thought was to supress listings in search results if the root post was listed. If the root post was down there, then I don't see the need for further posts within that thread to be listed. This is just a matter of personal preference.

I honestly don't see how this slows down the searching mechanism. Surely it just alters the way results are displayed?

And I take it all the data is exracted using XML so you can just parse the data as you wish, anyway? GT? ;-)

- wil