According to Emma Jane Hogbin: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:02:16PM -0600, Gilles Detillieux wrote: > > Careful! The keywords input parameter to htsearch has nothing to do > > with meta keywords tags. See http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html#q4.14 > > Which is why I gave the link to the htsearch page as well. "keywords" can > be anywhere in the page (as opposed to just meta tags). There are > essentially two types of keywords: "words in the page" and "meta tags." > The first you control with keywords_factor and the htsearch page. Isn't > that right? The config file information for keywords_factor doesn't say > anything about it being meta tag keywords...Maybe I'm missing something.
The description of keywords_factor needs to be clarified. This attribute affects the weight of keywords in meta tags only. Other words in the page are scored using text_factor. All of the *_factor attributes, except date_factor and backlink_factor, score words based on the context in which they are found, with text_factor being the default or catch-all factor for body text in no other specific context. The keywords parameter to htsearch will match words in the database regardless of the context in which they occurred, i.e. whether they were in keywords meta tags or anywhere else, pretty much like the "words" parameter does. The any_keywords attribute affects how htsearch will build the search expression when more than one word appears in the "keywords" input parameter. So, apart from this attribute, and the boolean_keywords attribute, any other *keyword* configuration attribute relates only to meta tag keywords. The ambiguity is quite unfortunate. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
