My idea was a link to another search engine with the "right" search parameters. Maybe some code will clear this up : 

  my $userlink = "[CPAN:File::Find]";
  # or alternatively
  my $userlink = "[RFC:2068]";

  ...

  if ($userlink =~ /^\[CPAN:(.*?)]$/) {
    $HTMLlink = "<A href=\"http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&q
+uery=$1\">$1</A>";
  };
  if ($userlink =~ /^\[RFC:(.*?)]$/) {
    $HTMLlink = "<A href=\"http://www.rfc-editor.org/cgi-bin/rfcsearch
+.pl? ... $1\">RFC $1</A>"; # I'm not sure if
    # RFCsearch will work with a link or if it wants
    # a form ...
  };

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So we would have "smart" outside links that send the user directly to an external search engine.

This would mean, that the user always gets sent to what that search engine thinks is current, which can be good or bad, but thinking how often I get sent to the Not found page and have to do the second click on "Maybe you want to ask CPAN", I think it would be a good idea to save that click ...

In reply to RE: RE: Direct links to module documentation by Corion
in thread Direct links to module documentation by Corion

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