Meta search script.

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Thunderstone
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Meta search script.

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I am experimenting with the meta search engine. I use another program for
my main search site but I would like to be able to do a meta search at the
same time.
So far I have got my search working in the meta search. I get results and
all that good stuff.
My questions are
1. Is there a way I could do an SSI call to the meta search script so I
could display results from other search erngines under my results.

Or

2. Is there a way to tell the script to always display the results from my
search first?

Either one would work equally as well.

Thank you.

Steve



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Meta search script.

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Yes. If you know how to do that with your webserver and your other search
product. That's not really anything we have control over.


You can do a separate fetch of just your Url before the parallel fetch
of the others. You would probably want to move the code inside the
<fetch></fetch> to a function of it's own so you can call it from both
fetch's instead of replicating it all.

Or, if your output is already properly formatted for inclusion with the rest,
you could just fetch it and display it directly with <send>.


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