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I really need to see the URLs for hits.
by mynameishere 18y ago
I really need to see the URLs for hits.
- PieSquared 18y agoSo that's what was missing! I knew something was disrupting my normal flow of analyzing search results... and now that you mention it I realize I usually look at the URL's, sometimes even before the article title.
- iamdave 18y agoIf you click "more links" below the first few main links you'll see search results with URLS
- mynameishere 18y agoI guess they're showing now, or I was doing something wrong before (or, everyone was, given the number of upmods...)
- epi0Bauqu 18y agoNo, you're right. They show for some results and not others. I used to show them for all results, and maybe I should just go back to doing that.
- mynameishere 18y agomaybe I should just go back to doing that. Definitely, because you have many more types of links than a normal search engine--some of them are requests for clarification. A URL tells the user "This is a 'hit' that will take you to a different website".
- okeumeni 18y agoGreat work! One more thing I think is necessary, you should clearly mention in the about page that you are feeding from Yahoo search result as well. It is fair to the user and to Yahoo.
- zhyder 18y agoYahoo BOSS's terms do not require attribution though: http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ . I don't think most users would care as much either; we hackers care a lot coz we're baffled with "how in the world did this one guy do this?!". (Even with BOSS being used for some results, this is still very impressive.) Although it might help the service get more credibility by mentioning that Yahoo results are also used.