search documents with google directory information

[jian...@gmail.com]

Hi All,

I want to limit my search results so that each document returned have
been included in the google directory. I have tried to set the query
with "site: directory.google.com". But it does not work. The result
retrieved is not correct. So, How can I do this task.

Million Thanks.

Xing

[Manfred]

You can't do this with the query parameter directly.
However, in the Search Response, you get the <directoryCategories> -
An array of <directoryCategory> items. This corresponds to the ODP
directory matches
in the individual Result Elements for this search.

Manfred

[jian...@gmail.com]

I have tried this method. However, it does not work. For example, I
search "bag" using the API. Most documents returned are without the
ODP directory information. But if i search in the google directory web
site directly, there are 254,000 documents returned. So, how can i
limit my search results into the documents indexed by google
directory only?

[Manfred]

Try "bag site:dmoz.org"

Manfred

[jian...@gmail.com]

It does not work. I guess I should write a standalone script for this
task.