NAME

WWW::Search::Lycos::Sites - class for Lycos categorized "Web Sites" searching

SYNOPSIS

  use WWW::Search;
  my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Lycos::Sites');
  my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("+sushi restaurant +Columbus Ohio");
  $oSearch->native_query($sQuery);
  while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
    { print $oResult->url, "\n"; }

DESCRIPTION

This class implements the Lycos Web Sites search (specializing Lycos and WWW::Search). It handles making and interpreting Lycos Web Sites searches http://www.lycos.com.

This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.

TESTING

This module adheres to the WWW::Search test mechanism. See $TEST_CASES below.

AUTHOR

WWW::Search::Lycos::Sites was written by Martin Thurn <MartinThurn@iname.com>

VERSION HISTORY

If it''s not listed here, then it wasn''t a meaningful nor released revision.

2.06, 1999-12-10

handle missing 'next' link

2.05, 1999-12-03

new search parameters and new search url

2.04, 1999-10-10

First public release (coincided with WWW::Search 2.04).

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1996 University of Southern California. All rights reserved.

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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.