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Re: LUGNET search page request
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 12 May 1999 21:21:13 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes:
> 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.
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 line.
The weighted scoring usually works really nicely, but here's a case where it
doesn't.
> Mmmmm... Alta Vista... Drool...
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> Excuse me. *ahem* Yes, that would be keen.
Yea, the Alta Vista's syntax would make this work great -- if you could
specify
+LEGO +Maniac
or
"LEGO Maniac"
instead of
LEGO Maniac
then it would get a lot closer to what you wanted.
--Todd
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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