Author: Redemption
Date: Mar 19, 12 at 12:17am (PST)
Subject: Site search improvements
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As part of the Forums 1.5 Launch we added a new "products" search to the forums header.
This search is actually powered by a variant of what we used to power the Collections Search, which ar_cat retooled for 1.5 as well.
For the 1.5 launch tekmosis worked on replacing the old search on the main Neoseeker site so that it uses the same engine as what powers Collections Search and forum Products search, and I just finished some tweaks to the site search that add improvements to relevance and speed of results.
Right now the search results will take into consideration popularity, age, and exact match criteria to try to find the MOST relevant results. For instance, a search for "gears" will rank Gears of War 3 high up since it is popular and the most recent "Gears of War" title. A search for "creed" will rank Assassin's Creed III highest since it is the most popular title.
In addition to this change, search results come back much faster now. Previously, certian expensive searches can take up to 1 second or more to return, now all searches return in less than 0.25 seconds, and some will be even faster than that. We'll be using this newfound speed to power autocomplete product search soon in the main site, which really excites me
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Author: Insanity Prevails
Date: Mar 20, 12 at 3:05am (PST)
Subject: re: Site search improvements
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Improvements to the site search function is always welcome to see.