Comments on: Reference Question of the Week - 6/15/08 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508 or, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:33:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Annie Jo http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50231 Annie Jo Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:48:11 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50231 In addition to Google Video Search, you might also try <a href="http://www.blinkx.com" rel="nofollow">www.blinkx.com</a>. You can limit to YouTube and, though I didn't look too closely, it looks like the pages of search results just keep coming. In addition to Google Video Search, you might also try http://www.blinkx.com. You can limit to YouTube and, though I didn’t look too closely, it looks like the pages of search results just keep coming.

]]> By: Graeme Williams http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50230 Graeme Williams Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:40:52 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50230 There's certainly something funny going on with undocumented limits. Your patron will do a little bit better using Google Video Search at http://video.google.com. The search you want is "the doors" site:youtube.com Video Search allows you to search by three different durations, which will increase the total number of videos you see. I'd also look at the RSS feed of results (link at the upper right of the video search results page), and Google Alerts (link at the bottom of the results page). Over time, you may end up with more videos. Finally, if you happen to have a programmer handy, you might look into using the Google API, which now supports YouTube (at http://code.google.com/ with some useful-looking information at http://apiblog.youtube.com/). There’s certainly something funny going on with undocumented limits.

Your patron will do a little bit better using Google Video Search at http://video.google.com. The search you want is “the doors” site:youtube.com

Video Search allows you to search by three different durations, which will increase the total number of videos you see.

I’d also look at the RSS feed of results (link at the upper right of the video search results page), and Google Alerts (link at the bottom of the results page). Over time, you may end up with more videos.

Finally, if you happen to have a programmer handy, you might look into using the Google API, which now supports YouTube (at http://code.google.com/ with some useful-looking information at http://apiblog.youtube.com/).

]]> By: Lynn http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50223 Lynn Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:07:39 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50223 Hi Brian: About a year ago, I was taking an online PHP class that used the YouTube API. After the class, one of the other students referenced a search limit in YouTube in the comments as we were working on things. Here is his comment: "the problem is youtube doesnt service more than a thousand videos per search. So if you have 20 per page you can only go to page 50. At 51 it will error out. So the scripting that Im going to work on will limit the results to 1000 per search. So keep that in mind on how many you choose to have on your page." The class and its comments are at: http://waxjelly.com/2007/03/08/youtube-api-class-redeaux/. As for why YouTube displays the hits (even though you can't see the actual videos)... I'm not sure. Probably to impress searchers. Walt Crawford has an interesting discussion of search hit results in the latest "Cites and Insights" (http://citesandinsights.info/). Hi Brian: About a year ago, I was taking an online PHP class that used the YouTube API. After the class, one of the other students referenced a search limit in YouTube in the comments as we were working on things. Here is his comment:

“the problem is youtube doesnt service more than a thousand videos per search. So if you have 20 per page you can only go to page 50. At 51 it will error out. So the scripting that Im going to work on will limit the results to 1000 per search. So keep that in mind on how many you choose to have on your page.”

The class and its comments are at: http://waxjelly.com/2007/03/08/youtube-api-class-redeaux/.

As for why YouTube displays the hits (even though you can’t see the actual videos)… I’m not sure. Probably to impress searchers. Walt Crawford has an interesting discussion of search hit results in the latest “Cites and Insights” (http://citesandinsights.info/).

]]> By: John http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50221 John Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:11:04 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50221 http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata/browse_thread/thread/c2198cf4fadd8cdb has some answers about the search limit and different numbers returned http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata/browse_thread/thread/c2198cf4fadd8cdb

has some answers about the search limit and different numbers returned

]]> By: John http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50220 John Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:44:06 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50220 Perhaps there is a clue here in the YouTube APIs Developer Forum: http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata/browse_thread/thread/c2198cf4fadd8cdb This conversation addresses the search results limits as well as a method of querying the database. Perhaps there is a clue here in the YouTube APIs Developer Forum: http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata/browse_thread/thread/c2198cf4fadd8cdb

This conversation addresses the search results limits as well as a method of querying the database.

]]> By: Julia http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50219 Julia Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:25:52 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/06/21/reference-question-of-the-week-61508#comment-50219 I don't have an answer for you unfortunately, but maybe your patron could do a search with some other keywords related to the doors, eg, "Jim Morrison" "Riders on the storm", etc. etc.. It's a bit annoying, but this way he might be able to see some of the videos that have been eluding him through YouTube silliness. Happy searching (and watching)! I don’t have an answer for you unfortunately, but maybe your patron could do a search with some other keywords related to the doors, eg, “Jim Morrison” “Riders on the storm”, etc. etc..
It’s a bit annoying, but this way he might be able to see some of the videos that have been eluding him through YouTube silliness.

Happy searching (and watching)!

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