hello...perl monks... i need a script that enters the keyword in google search page and then fetches the link in the next page...
I am able to fetch the links in the current page but the problem is how can i enter the keyword to be searched in the google home page....
I m using the following code.... 
#!/usr/bin/perl

# Include the WWW::Mechanize module
use WWW::Mechanize;


$url = "http://www.google.com";

# Create a new instance of WWW::Mechanize
my $mechanize = WWW::Mechanize->new(autocheck => 1);

# Retrieve the page
$mechanize->get($url);

# Mention the keyword to be searched
my $keyword='perl';

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now how do i enter the keywords into the google page..... i tried with $mechanize->forms but its not working.... someone pls help me out... Any kind of help will be truly appreciated...

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