search engine links feature

I'm new to the open directory project. I quickly navigated through the directory to this page:

http://dmoz.org/Science/Anomalies_and_Alternative_Science/Research/

At the bottom of that page is this line:

* "Research" search on: All the Web - AltaVista - Gigablast - Google USENET - Google - HotBot - Lycos - Teoma - WiseNut - Yahoo

Now, if I use those links to search engines and search for "research", I do not get what I really want, which would be as search for something like what is at the top of that directory page:

Science: Anomalies and Alternative Science: Research

I think it would be useful to modify this search feature so that there was the two click option to search for [Science + Anomalies + "Alternative Science" + Research] rather than simply [research].

It would be nice if at the bottom of the page it also said :

search for [Science + Anomalies + "Alternative Science" + Research]

and there was a check box next to that search option.

-John Schmidt

I changed it to something where you get a few good hits on some of the search engines. I tried what you suggested but didn't get anything but ODP clones. If you can come up with something better, feel free to suggest it here.

I changed it to something where you get a few good hits on some of the search engines.

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Unfortunately, those "few good hits" are pretty much just ODP clones and nothing that might actually be relevant.

Thanks

ishtar said:

I changed it to something where you get a few good hits on some of the search engines.

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Wow. Much better! The way it is now ("Anomalies OR Alternative Science" AND Research), Google gives a few useless sites then there is:

http://www.clickandsearch.com/links/science/ano.shtml

which actually has many useful links.

There must be many parts of the directory that could benefit from this kind of modification to the internet search feature.

-John Schmidt

Unfortunately, those "few good hits" are pretty much just ODP clones and nothing that might actually be relevant.

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There are a few good links in there if you look hard enough. But most are just clones.