Hi Folks,
A while back, I had inserted some logging into Wilma so I could see
what queries people were sending. I think the info might be useful
for a future release of Wilma, or for its corresponding implementation
in Mj2. If not useful, heck, it's kind of interesting.
4308 queries
3932 (91.3%) used the default flags
151 (3.5%) correctly used the ";" as a logical AND
962 (22.3%) were mulit-word searches with NO ";" (some could be correct)
28 (.6%) used the word "and" in a query
24 (.6%) used double quotes (") in a query
My main points are
1) Defaults are important. In Wilma's case, the defaults are good
and represent efficient queries.
2) Despite printed instructions on the page, most people don't use
";" as a logical AND. I would recommend that future versions of
Wilma provide a wrapper which is similar to the major search engines.
Namely, in the query box, treat spaces as AND's, quoted text as
one string, the word "and" as an AND, and "not" as the NOT operator
(supposedly supported in glimpse 4.1).
If I get some time, I'll try making a simple wrapper myself, probably
with a checkbox that will let you use the original syntax.
If there's anything else you'd like me to take a look at in the logs,
let me know.
Omar
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