Search Returns Random Stuff?
Why, when I search for a word does it return random posts that don't contain that word?
e.g.
https://blog.tyro.me/search?q=dead
https://blog.tyro.me/search?q=bubba
The issue is the quality of the stemming algorithm in use on Blot, both for querying and indexing your posts. I plan to fix this soon, these results will eventually improve over time
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answerAny update on this? I'm finding I get very poor results in Blot's search too. Almost to the point of where it's useless TBH.
Answered a year ago · Edit answerNot too helpful but I site: search my site instead of using built-in search. Not something readers will do but...
Answered a year ago · Edit answerI'm actually thinking about replacing the Blot search feature with an embedded DuckDuckGo field because the results are so poor.
Is there any update on fixing this? I imagine it would be relatively simple, like the solution I used when my site was on Jekyll:
https://kevquirk.com/how-to-add-search-jekyll/
In fact, thinking about it...I wonder if I could implement something similar using Blot...
Answered a year ago · Edit answerI should have improved the search feature recently – you should not see posts which do not contain the search term in the results.
Can you share some examples of search queries not returning the results you'd expect?
Answered a year ago · Edit answer