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Jun 25, 2001, 2:55 PM
clickforchoice
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Jun 25, 2001, 2:55 PM
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ban a search word???
Hi people.
I have been experimenting with links 2. I have set up the script and built a sample search engine. I have removed all the categories from the search and used url spider pro to index sites. I made the search specific to "cars". so far i have indexed over 1500 pages and have hit a problem. because i have removed the categories the user has to search using the search box and the results appear as they would in a crawling se such as altavista. the search works ok if the user uses a specific search term such as "ford" but if they use a general term such as "car" there is an internal server error. I am not perl literate so i can only guess that this is caused by the scripy not being able to handle so many results... or am i wrong???

is it possible to bann some terms such as car,cars,autos?

over to the experts.

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Jun 25, 2001, 3:19 PM
Paul
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Jun 25, 2001, 3:19 PM
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Its nothing to do with the number of results. You are likely to have made some code errors when customizing the script.

Check your error log.

In a standard version of Links2 you can block terms like:
Code:
@terms = qw( I want to block these words );

foreach (@terms) {
if ($in{'query'} =~ /$_/gi) {
&site_html_search_failure("Term too broad") and return;
}
}
Installs:http://wiredon.net/gt
FAQ:http://www.perlmad.com

Jun 25, 2001, 3:32 PM
clickforchoice
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Jun 25, 2001, 3:32 PM
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do i insert that into the cfg file?

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Jun 25, 2001, 3:40 PM
Paul
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Jun 25, 2001, 3:40 PM
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In search.cgi just under:

Code:
# Return unless we have results.
((keys %link_results > 0) or ($#category_results >= 0)) or
&site_html_search_failure ("No matching records") and return;
Installs:http://wiredon.net/gt
FAQ:http://www.perlmad.com