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Can this be done?
I've scanned the forums and modifications section, but didn't see what I want to do, which is this:
Right now, Links returns the metasearch links for a failed search; I'd like it to return these links even for a successful search. Is there a way to do this? If so, how?
Steve
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If your using templates you can simply add this code to the category template.
Code:
<p><small>
<b>Try your search on other Search Engines</b><br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&what=web&q=<%term%>">Alta Vista</a> -
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.hotbot.com/?MT=<%term%>&DU=days&SW=web">HotBot</a> -
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.infoseek.com/Titles?qt=<%term%>">Infoseek</a> -
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=<%term%>">Deja News</a> -
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.lycos.com/cgi-bin/pursuit?query=<%term%>&maxhits=20">Lycos</a> -
<a target="_blank" href="http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=<%term%>">Yahoo</a>
</small></p>

[This message has been edited by mwebster (edited June 24, 1999).]
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Worked perfectly, and was far easier than I anticipated. Thank you!

Steve
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Why would you want to give your traffic to other sites???
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A good question. I already have all the traffic I need due to extensive listservs. What I want now is a portal -- and the search engine I use now has been criticized as not pulling in all the relevant links. So, to meet that criticism, I need to have the links appear every time -- no matter what.

Steve