Pete and Clarence wrote:
>>Pete wrote:
>
> I can say from experience with certain
> other site's search functions that A166 does have a problem.
> http://www.modarchive.com
> If I enter more than one word, "%20" (the i'net character for white
> space) will be inserted.
> Entered: after sunset
> Searched: after%20sunset
> Result: "No Matches Found!"
Hi Pete;
That's a serious bug.
If someone else can confirm it, we should notify headquarters immediately.
I'm on NS right now.
- Clarence Verge<<
I think that it depends on the search engine. If I want to find the phrase,
"after sunset," I enter "after sunset" (with the quotes) in the form. In
that case, I want it to look for "after[space]sunset" in which case,
after%20sunset is correct. But, if I want to look for something that has
both words, but not necessarily as a phrase, I use, "after AND sunset"
(without the quotes) or "+after +sunset" (again without the quotes).
There are some lousy search engines on web sites. Office Depot has/had one
of the worst. Try to search for "fax machine" (with or without the quotes)
and it will respond that it cannot find the product. (No wonder Office Depot
is not as financially profitable as it should be.)
It seems to me that the "space" (%20) problem is critical only in URL's, not
in search engines. Sometimes we want to search for a phrase and there *are*
spaces between words!
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
