Posted on: 11/24/02 05:00am
By: Anonymous (gordonf)
This block basically provides a hook into the scootascope metasearch engine and returns the results in a way that should respect the current layout scheme.
I hope to add some further features to this block over time and am receptive to suggestions if you have a need for a block like this.
As this metasearch engine collates and does some preliminary relevancy ranking it can sometimes be a little slow on the return. There's not really any way to fix this as it is primarily an issue relating to the network itself.
I will have a couple of other simple blocks sorted out in the next couple of days for concordancing web pages (a pet hobby of mine?), weights and measures conversions and a food additive detector block (as a result of living in the UK and trying to avoid MSG).
Have fun.
Posted on: 11/24/02 11:53am
By: Anonymous (jhoke)
Posted on: 11/24/02 04:11pm
By: Anonymous (gordonf)
Of course the response time for this site's searches may not be indicative as it is hosted on the same server as the metasearch engine itself.
Posted on: 12/20/02 05:58pm
By: Ultraphase