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Re: LUGNET search page request
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 12 May 1999 16:06:05 GMT
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JSPROAT@GEOCITIESstopspam.COM
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes:
> > I want to be able to specify "AND" and/or "OR" queries using the search page
> > (1). Currently, all searches seem to be using "OR".
> Actually, it's using a weighted/scoring algorithm which ranks A AND B higher
> than A OR B, while considering both implicitly.
> [snip]
That's weird; I sometimes see results with just A or just B above results
with both A and B. e.g., search for "Lego Maniac", and I see two results
with just "Lego", one with "Lego - Maniac", one with "Lego", etc.
Plus, there are times when I just want results with both A and B, and
nothing less. But that is more of a "waiting for the search engine to
finish" issue, and I suspect that it would probably take as long either way.
> > Also, it would be nice to specify multi-word phrases which won't be broken
> > up during the query, but that's not that important if we can get "AND" in
> > the query.
> I really like the way AltaVista lets you use double-quotes (") and plus-
> signs (+) and minus signs (-). Something like that?
Mmmmm... Alta Vista... Drool...
Excuse me. *ahem* Yes, that would be keen.
> What about specifying a target date? That's something I want. I want to be
> able to say, "Anything that's about 2 weeks old, give that a higher score
> than the other results," or "Give the very newest stuff (say, stuff that's
> about 0 hours old) a higher score than the other results."
That would be helpful, too. What would help me more, though, is specifying
articles from a single author or group of authors.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
May the Force be with y'all.
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| (...) This is because of the way scoring works. An article that has "LEGO Maniac" way down at the bottom is getting a lower score than an article that has lots of occurrences of "LEGO" or "Maniac" or a few of them near the top or in the subject (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Actually, it's using a weighted/scoring algorithm which ranks A AND B higher than A OR B, while considering both implicitly. That is, if you enter "foo bar", then the order of things returned is roughly: - First, articles containing both "foo" (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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