it is becoming more and more dificult to obtain search feeds from se's to backup the search that is provided from a links site. is it possible to parse results (as a backup) from another links site?

i am not talking about using someone elses db without their consent i am meaning a willing partner.

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If you have a "trust relationship" or access to partner's web server (which is highly unlikely), you could use Net::FTP to connect and use that other user's database.

OR you could use LWP::Simple to parse data from another partner's search engine.

In terms of a major search engine, using something like Altavista Mod, is highly unreliable due to constantly changing query strings and permission to parse data from their site.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

yea i have been reading a lot lately about the altavista problems. what i was meaning was actualy having the other sites db as a backup search if a user doesnt find and maches on the site. and vice vice verser for the other site.

is that wat you where talking about (LWP)
i am not familuar with LWP???

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Yes...and that is what is used for spidering scripts and scripts like Altavista that parses data from remote sites.

Search the support forums for LWP...and you will see quite a few Threads where this module has been discussed and also code examples are provided...

Regards,

Eliot Lee

thanks Eliot youre some man...

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