XMLHTTP Results Differ on discountasp.net webhost

Discussion in 'Classic ASP' started by Little Moe, May 30, 2005.

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  1. I'm using XMLHTTP in ASP to grab some google results. On my local IIS server the results are exactly the same as if I went and searched on google itself, but the results I get back when I'm trying it on discountasp.net are different in results range number and the results themselves. Why would the results be different?

    When finding the links and displaying them I also have extra data returned that I have to remove that I don't encounter on my local IIS server.

    If more information is needed to be of help let me know.
     
  2. I've started to realize that the discrepencies occur because of IIS 5 and 6. IIS 5 returns real/correct results (which is what my localhost is and other servers that have returned correct results) while IIS 6 returns the results that are off. If anyone has ideas as to what I can do please let me know.
     
  3. Bruce

    Bruce DiscountASP.NET Staff

    what do you mean by the results are off? do you mean xml format?

    Bruce

    DiscountASP.NET
    www.DiscountASP.NET
     
  4. For a specific search the results range if you actually go to google and search would be 540,000 but the results from the XMLHTTP request come out 570,000 or 800,00 or something else that's not the same. The actual pages that are ranked on the pages are different too. One page that was #3 would be #5 or something similar. The page's source is being returned as a string from the XMLHTTP request.
     
  5. www.walkingfreely.com/SEO/PlacementChecker.asp

    If you search for 'walking freely' and check for http://www.walkingfreely.com on a 3 page search, if you look at the results for the second page that I get, but then click the 2nd Page link for the google results you'll notice that the results aren't the same. It's not specific to the second page. It is anywhere, everytime. It's easier to tell when you have the same search results from an IIS 5 host that you can flip back and forth between but I don't have a live host to link you to for that.
     
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