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Querystring Variable for Passing Search Term

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by iShopHQ, May 20, 2005.

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    Anyone know wherw I can get a complete list of the variables various search engines use to pass the search term?

    For example:

    Google uses q= (search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-41,GGLD:en&q=test)

    Yahoo uses p=

    MSN uses q=

    etc

    Thanks
     
    iShopHQ, May 20, 2005 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    I doubt there is a "complete list" because there are almost an infinite number of search engines these days.
     
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  3. palespyder

    palespyder Psycho Ninja

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    These are the ones I have ATM

     
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  4. iShopHQ

    iShopHQ Peon

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    thanks spyder - that's a good stsrt.

    I guess I'll have to stop being lazy and just go through my server logs....
     
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    palespyder Psycho Ninja

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    Sure would be lovely to have a compiled list of these considering we base our reporting off of this stuff ;)
     
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    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    I have a list almost similar to Palespyder.

    Best bet is to have the last 'else' (if SE=unknown) to be 'q' if you're looping through the various engines.
     
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    And TOPS probably knows why I need this....
     
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    Most common search engines
    'alexa','q=',
    'alltheweb','@!~STR0=',
    'altavista','q=',
    'dmoz','search=',
    'google','(p¦q)=',
    'google_image','(p¦q)=',
    'lycos','query=',
    'msn','q=',
    'netscape','search=',
    'aol','query=',
    'terra','query=',
    'voila','kw=',
    'search.com','q=',
    'yahoo','p=',
    'sympatico', 'query=',
    'excite','search=',
    # Minor internationnal search engines
    'go','qt=',
    'ask','ask=',
    'atomz','sp-q=',
    'euroseek','query=',
    'findarticles','key=',
    'go2net','general=',
    'hotbot','mt=',
    'infospace','qkw=',
    'kvasir', 'q=',
    'looksmart','key=',
    'mamma','query=',
    'metacrawler','general=',
    'nbci','keyword=',
    'northernlight','qr=',
    'overture','keywords=',
    'dogpile', '@!~STR1=',
    'spray','string=',
    'teoma','q=',
    'virgilio','qs=',
    'webcrawler','searchText=',
    'wisenut','query=',
    'ixquick', 'query=',
    'earthlink', 'q=',
    'iune','(keywords¦q)='
     
    iShopHQ, May 20, 2005 IP