Quoting Mike Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed Htdig to test it for use on our site (we currently run
> Netscape Enterprise server and I don't like the built-in search).
>
> I have a problem. If I search for the word 'john' (boss' name) at
> http://kmi.open.ac.uk/search/ the top two pages found are boss' home page -
> but one gets 4 'stars' while the other gets only 1. The same result for a
> considerable number of other searches ('marc', 'paul', 'simon').
>
> I've had a look through the list archive but can't find an answer. Can
> anyone suggest why this might be happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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>
The one page with two URL's, yes?
Then the answer must be in the "description_factor". To quote the manual:
"Plain old "descriptions" are the text of a link pointing to a document. This
factor gives weight to the words of these descriptions of the document. Not
surprisingly, these can be pretty accurate summaries of a document's content."
The word "john" probably occurs in links to
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/domingue/, but not in links to
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/domingue/john.html
To test this theory add to your configuration file:
description_factor: 0
and rebuild your index from scratch.
You might wish to consider whether to keep
description_factor: 0
permanently. It's what we do.
Also I would suggest you attempt to sort out the mess of having one page with
two URLs, though perhaps that is easier said than done.
David Adams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Computing Services
Southampton University
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