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What are the disadvantages of using a meta search engine?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krina View Post
    What are the disadvantages of using a meta search engine?
    Disadvantages of Meta Search

    May need to decode query forms
    Translation of query syntax and fields not exact
    Some sources don't sort by relevance
    No way to compare relevance scores
    Vulnerable to search spam
    Results returned as HTML without useful tagging, require screenscraping
    Variable quality of search engines
    Must keep up with changes in source engines

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krina View Post
    What are the disadvantages of using a meta search engine?
    What is so specific about meta search engine which compelled you to post this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by John-Smith View Post
    Disadvantages of Meta Search

    May need to decode query forms
    Translation of query syntax and fields not exact
    Some sources don't sort by relevance
    No way to compare relevance scores
    Vulnerable to search spam
    Results returned as HTML without useful tagging, require screenscraping
    Variable quality of search engines
    Must keep up with changes in source engines
    Thanks for sharing with us!

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    Meta Information on website header is not a search engine metric anymore. The disadvantage is the addition of meta tag will add extra load for users on website loading.

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    I learned something new here. thanks guys.

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    The disadvantage of using meta search engine is that, when adding meta tags there will be extra load for users on website loading. The results is the slow page loading time

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    Disadvantages. Metasearch engines are not capable of decoding query forms or able to fully translate query syntax.

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