An answer to this post explains that it is possible to use a url to link somebody to the first webpage in a Google search result, like I'm feeling lucky does.For example https://www.google.com/search?btnI=I&q=your+query will take you to the first search result for your query. I want to do a similar thing for the search engine on a particular website:  culpa.info Culpa has a search engine of its own, and I want to be able to link someone to the first result of a search query. I've attempted the same thing as with google by using: http://www.culpa.info/search?q=mdes but no search is even attempted. I am given the prompt: Please search for something a bit more substantial. I only get the same result when using the actual search bar if I use a character like @ or $ or some other special characters. This also happens if the search bar is blank and you hit search.Why might this be happening? Is it because I am using the wrong encoding or something?How could I change my url so that Culpa would successfully return the first result of the query for a search for mdes?
Use I'm-Feeling-Lucky type url on 3rd party website
google search;url;special characters
Part of the problem is that the search URL has to be constructed this way:http://www.culpa.info/search?search=mdesThe other part is that unless their search engine has a feature to just return the first record from a search, you're not going to be able to do what you want. I'm feeling lucky is a feature of Google Search. Search engines don't all have the same features.I don't even think they're using a search engine; it looks like it's just a simple database query on the back-end.You'll need to direct your question/feature request to the managers of the site. 