On Fri, 8 May 1998, Scott Schultz wrote:
> I was a bit suprised by this thread, because there WAS a time when Alta Vista
> would report the number of matches on each word, and the fact that a word had
> been ignored due to too many matches.
Oops. I stand corrected. It does tell you in teeny, tiny
print at the bottom of the page.
> Personally, I like to know if I use a word that ends up being ignored. It
> helps me understand what's happening when a query doesn't return what I
> expect it to.
Perhaps, but the fact remains that there's nothing you can do
about it: if a word is ignored, it's ignored. Period. There
does not exist another query that you could enter that would
not have the word ignored.
Received on Fri May 8 17:27:11 1998