Hi Team,
I'm wondering if LC forum search online could not improove its search Algorythm...its been a while since this keeps comming back to my mind.
The following happened again just today....
From my mobile I was looking for topics on contact apps, so typed in :
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"livecode contact"
(PC being more practical for reading, I usely send the message to Telegram and click again when on PC.)
but since the Google 2 words only search was efficient to return the Forum page.. when facing my monitor I just typed in the same 2 words in the Forum page that was already opened...
Since it returned many pages - 68!! - but not the Topic named "How to access build in contact app" in the top firsts...
I just started to include more KEY words :
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access build+in contact.
no better results in first page !
So I decided to type in the whole Topic Title in the exact same way it was displayed on my mobile phone:
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"How to access build-in contact app"
I decided to chang symbol - for + since it sometimes affect search results ...but no better.
So my question is :
can't LC modify its Forum Search Algorithm
so that it :
>>> prioritize any sequences of 2 or more words in the strict same order ???
(and then..in an inversed or mix order)
i.e typing
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contact build-in"
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"contact build+in access"
One usually input SEARCH criterias with 2 or 3 words...
- and then include more words or other ones to reduce the number of answers returned .
-or lean towards similar possible topics.
..and if not satified.. finaly "goes for Google search"
I Know LC has some pretty good search features included in its language - though the Forum is likely not built using LC.
Indexing the Title Column should be included, if not already, but the search algo still needs some efforts !
Else, I find the Simple Search text very poor as for the previous search example,
I guess 90% of the time it is just useless to me by returning too vague results.
Which I beleive by being "more strict" it could return more relevant Topics and waste less resources at the end !
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(the Advanced search is as inefficient as far as I tested it with the same sequence ..and + or not +
*it still returned 5 pages and the Wanted Topic is still not in the first one...
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+access+build+in+contact
I Dont know what is on the road for this improovment...but I find it a key gamer to all !
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"+my+2+cents"