LYNX-DEV Yahoo search: Alta Vista query help (fwd)

[Jeff D. Doran (JDD(Jeff))]

I can't figure out how this bug is happening, so I'm not sure
where to send the bug report (after my signature is what I sent
to address@hidden).

Linkname: Yahoo! Search Results
URL: http://av.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=dateconv&hc=0&hs=0
Owner(s): None
> Found 80 matches containing dateconv. Displaying matches 1-4.
and it really only does display 4.  When I click on
> [14]Next 20 matches
I go to
Linkname: Yahoo! Search Results
URL: http://av.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=dateconv&b=21&d=a&hc=0&hs=0
Owner(s): None
where it says:
> Found 80 matches containing dateconv. Displaying matches 21-24.
so I've missed 16 matches.

But this only seems to be happening on Sasquatch.  I am so
confused.  On Sasquatch, I have access to 'lynx' 25., 2.6, 2.7,
2.7, and 2.42-FM, all of which give the same results.  In 2 
other accounts, I have access to version 2.37 Beta and 2.6, both 
of which work fine (displaying 20 matches instead of 4).  I
don't see why Yahoo would be picking on Sasquatch (I find that
highly unlikely).  It seems more likely that there's something
in my environment that's causing Yahoo to only give 4 matches
and causing me to miss 16...  But I don't understand any of
what's happening...

Thanks for any help,
-> *JDD** -->> [link]  [link]  [link]   Click HERE for more ...
Internet E-Mail:  <address@hidden>
WWW ('lynx') URL: http://www.sasquatch.com/~jddjeff/
Diversity University (D.U.: 'tf MOO.DU.Org 8888'): JDD (#7197)


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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 23:27:11 -0800 (PST)
From: "Jeff D. Doran (JDD(Jeff))" <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Cc: Web accessibility <address@hidden>
Subject: Yahoo search: Alta Vista query help

I'm having trouble with seeing most of the choices that Yahoo
gives when it queries Alta Vista.

I'm looking for the 'dateconv' program for the NetBSD operating
system.

Linkname: Yahoo! Search Results - "dateconv"
URL: http://av.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=dateconv&hc=0&hs=0
Owner(s): None
says:

> AltaVista Web Pages
> Found 80 matches containing dateconv. Displaying matches 1-4.
...
> [13]Next 20 matches


JDD writes:

So only the first 4 matches have been shown so far, so the next
20 matches should be 5 through 24, but

Linkname: Yahoo! Search Results - "dateconv," "next 20 matches"
URL: http://av.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=dateconv&b=21&d=a&hc=0&hs=0
Owner(s): None
says:

> AltaVista Web Pages
> Found 80 matches containing dateconv. Displaying matches 21-24.


JDD writes:

So I guess I have to build a shell script that constructs URL's
that get the matches that Yahoo doesn't give by default.  I'm
wondering if this is a bug or a new feature (I don't think I've
had this problem before).  Either way, I'm wondering why things
are the way they are (such as what sort of change was made to
Yahoo's Alta Vista querying function, if that's what happened)
and if there is any help specifically about Yahoo's Alta Vista
queries.  I guess I could learn to use Alta Vista myself, but
I've just always used Yahoo because it was the first search
engine I understood well and quickly.

Thanks for any thoughts,
-> *JDD** -->> [link]  [link]  [link]   Click HERE for more ...
Internet E-Mail:  <address@hidden>
WWW ('lynx') URL: http://www.sasquatch.com/~jddjeff/
Diversity University (D.U.: 'tf MOO.DU.Org 8888'): JDD (#7197)



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