Description:
This script will run the same search across all of the major search engines at one time.
Search and display 1-4 databases simultaneously:
Enter text to find:
JavaScript Functions: <script language="JavaScript"> Yahoo = "http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p="; ////////Alta = "http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&what=web&q="; Alta = "http://www.altavista.com/web/results?q="; Open = "http://search.opentext.com/omw/simplesearch?SearchFor="; Lycos = "http://www.lycos.com/cgi-bin/pursuit?query="; Crawler = "http://www.webcrawler.com/cgi-bin/WebQuery?searchText="; InfoSeek = "http://guide-p.infoseek.com/Titles?qt="; DejaNews = "http://search.dejanews.com/nph-dnquery.xp?query="; Inktomi = "http://204.161.74.8:1234/query/?query="; MetaCrawler = "http://metacrawler.cs.washington.edu:8080/htbin-post/nph-metaquery.p?general="; SavySearch = "http://guaraldi.cs.colostate.edu:2000/search?KW="; Excite = "http://www.excite.com/search.gw?searchType=Concept&search="; Magellan = "http://www.mckinley.com/searcher.cgi?query="; Point = "http://point.lycos.com/cgi-bin/pursuit?query="; Galaxy = "http://www.einet.net/cgi-bin/wais-text-multi?keywords="; var got=0; var url = ""; var plus=""; var mag=""; function search4(item){ stringPlus(); resultsWindow=window.open(); resultsWindow.document.open(); resultsWindow.document.write("<head><title>Close this window to return to Total Search</title></head>"); resultsWindow.document.write("<FRAMESET ROWS=50%,50%><FRAMESET COLS=50%,50%><FRAME NAME='frame0' SRC='" + computeFrameSrc(0) + "'><FRAME NAME='frame1' SRC='" + computeFrameSrc(1) + "'></FRAMESET>"); resultsWindow.document.write("<FRAMESET COLS=50%,50%><FRAME NAME='frame2' SRC='" + computeFrameSrc(2) + "'><FRAME NAME='frame3' SRC='" + computeFrameSrc(3) + "'></FRAMESET></FRAMESET>"); resultsWindow.document.close(); got = 0; } function search2(item){ stringPlus(); resultsWindow=window.open(); resultsWindow.document.open(); resultsWindow.document.write("<head><title>Close this window to return to Total Search</title></head>"); resultsWindow.document.write("<FRAMESET ROWS=50%,50%><FRAME NAME='frame0' SRC='" + computeFrameSrc(0) + "'><FRAME NAME='frame1' SRC='" + computeFrameSrc(1) + "'></FRAMESET>"); resultsWindow.document.close(); got = 0; } function stringPlus(){ for (var j=0; j < window.document.choose4.text.value.length; j++){ if (window.document.choose4.text.value.charAt(j) == " ") mag += "+"; else mag += window.document.choose4.text.value.charAt(j);} } function numChecked(item){ plus = escape(item.text.value); var h=0; num=0; for (var l=0; l < item.check1.length; l++) { if (item.check1[l].checked){ h++; if (h++ <= 4){ if (l == "0"){ num = 1;} else if (l == "1"){ num = 2;} else if (l == "2"){ num = 3;} else if (l == "3"){ num = 4;} else if (l == "4"){ num = 5;} else if (l == "5"){ num = 6;} else if (l == "6"){ num = 7;} else if (l == "7"){ num = 8;} else if (l == "8"){ num = 9;} else if (l == "9"){ num = 10;} else if (l == "10"){ num = 11;} else if (l == "11"){ num = 12;} else if (l == "12"){ num = 13;} } } } if (h == 2) Results(num-1); else if (h == 4) search2(item); else search4(item); } function computeFrameSrc(num){ var k=-1; for (var j=got; j < document.choose4.check1.length; j++) { if (document.choose4.check1[j].checked){ k++; if (k++ <= num){ if (j == "0"){ url = Yahoo + plus; got = 1;} else if (j == "1"){ url = Magellan + mag; got = 2;} else if (j == "2"){ url = Point + plus; got = 3;} else if (j == "3"){ url = Alta + plus + "&mode=and"; got = 4;} else if (j == "4"){ url = Open + plus + "&mode=and"; got = 5;} else if (j == "5"){ url = Lycos + plus + "&backlink=217&maxhits=25"; got = 6;} else if (j == "6"){ url = Excite + plus + "&category=default&mode=relevance&showqbe=1&display=html3,hb"; got = 7;} else if (j == "7"){ url = Crawler + plus + "&maxHits=25"; got = 8;} else if (j == "8"){ url = InfoSeek + plus + "&col=WW"; got = 9;} else if (j == "9"){ url = DejaNews + plus + "&defaultOp=AND&svcclass=dncurrent&maxhits=25"; got = 10;} else if (j == "10"){ url = Inktomi + plus + "&hits=25&disp=Text+Only"; got = 11;} else if (j == "11"){ url = MetaCrawler + plus + "&logic=0¨ion=The+World&orgType=Any&maxwait=1&score=0"; got = 12;} else if (j == "12"){ url = SavySearch + plus + "&classic=on&t1=x&Boolean=AND&Hits=10&Mode=MakePlan&df=normal&AutoStep=on&AutoInt=on&lb=1"; got = 13;} return url; } } } url = "http://www.personalcompass.com/empty.html"; return url; } function Results(place){ stringPlus(); resultsWin = open("","results"); if (place == "0") url = Yahoo + plus; else if (place == "1") url = Magellan + mag; else if (place == "2") url = Point + plus; else if (place == "3") url = Alta + plus + "&mode=and"; else if (place == "4") url = Open + plus + "&mode=and"; else if (place == "5") url = Lycos + plus + "&backlink=217&maxhits=25"; else if (place == "6") url = Excite + plus + "&category=default&mode=relevance&showqbe=1&display=html3,hb"; else if (place == "7") url = Crawler + plus + "&maxHits=25"; else if (place == "8") url = InfoSeek + plus + "&col=WW"; else if (place == "9") url = DejaNews + plus + "&defaultOp=AND&svcclass=dncurrent&maxhits=25"; else if (place == "10") url = Inktomi + plus + "&hits=25&disp=Text+Only"; else if (place == "11") url = MetaCrawler + plus + "&logic=0¨ion=The+World&orgType=Any&maxwait=1&score=0"; else if (place == "12") url = SavySearch + plus + "&classic=on&t1=x&Boolean=AND&Hits=10&Mode=MakePlan&df=normal&AutoStep=on&AutoInt=on&lb=1"; resultsWin.location = url; } </script>
HTML Script: <form name="choose4" Action="javascript:numChecked(document.choose4) //"> <p> <Font size=4><b>Search and display 1-4 databases simultaneously:</B></font><BR> <table><tr><td><b>Directories</b><br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Yahoo" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Yahoo'">Yahoo<br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Magellan" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Magellan'">Magellan<br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Point" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Point'">Point<br><br></td> <td width="15"></td> <td><b>Search Engines</b><br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Alta" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Alta'">Alta Vista<br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Open" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Open'">Open Text<br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Lycos" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Lycos'">Lycos<br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Excite" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Excite'">Excite<br></td> <td><br><input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Crawler" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Crawler'">Webcrawler<br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="InfoSeek" onClick="choose4.check1.value='InfoSeek'">InfoSeek<br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="DejaNews" onClick="choose4.check1.value='DejaNews'">DejaNews<br> <input type="checkbox" name="check1" value="Inktomi" onClick="choose4.check1.value='Inktomi'">Inktomi<br> </td> </tr></table> <P> <B>Enter text to find</B>:<BR> <input type="text" name="text" size=30> <input type="submit" name="send" value="Search"> <input type="reset" name="clear" value="Clear All"> </form>