Bug #9899

Website search should prioritize titles

Added by BitingBird 2015-08-05 08:31:53 . Updated 2015-08-06 04:59:47 .

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Confirmed
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Normal
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2015-08-05
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Description

If the result is in the title, that’s probably more relevant than when it’s at the bottom of the page :)

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History

#1 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-05 08:32:02

  • related to Bug #8247: Website search doesn't support quotes properly added

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-05 08:32:14

  • related to Bug #9898: Website search should allow to sort by language added

#3 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-05 08:33:53

#4 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-05 08:34:33

  • related to deleted (Bug #8247: Website search doesn't support quotes properly)

#5 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-05 08:35:54

  • related to deleted (Bug #9898: Website search should allow to sort by language)

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2015-08-05 12:11:44

At the summit we looked at the code, and it’s the case already, so I’m not sure what exactly this ticket is about.
Should it give it even more weight?

#7 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-06 04:09:53

It doesn’t show the results in titles before the others, I’m pretty sure…

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2015-08-06 04:59:47

> It doesn’t show the results in titles before the others, I’m pretty sure…

Indeed, it’s just giving them some more weight, and other factors come into play (such as how much it’s matching). Perhaps increasing the title’s weight would help (it’s worth trying I think). My intuition is that there’s a ceiling to this weight, above which the quality of the search results’s ordering will start dropping to the floor. Perhaps a good first step would be to come up with a few search examples, along with what we believe they should be instead?