Tecfan commented 4 years ago

What problem does this feature address?

Making a general github issue to address the search functionality as it could be better. I could not find another issue for this using the search function on github (I searched for "search").

As a "power user" of barter.vg, I've noticed many times that the search function does not always produce the results I want. I have not been tracking this, but I am now making this issue and will update it as I find issues.

The most common issue is that the search function does not find items where just 1 letter is missing.

Examples: Searching for Asset Flip Simulator + 4 DLC does not find the item Asset Flip Simulator + 4 DLCs. Searching for division 2 finds the correct game on Steam, but not on any other platform. Why?

I'll continue to add more examples as I find them.

Describe a solution

Better search

Examples of similar features

bartervg commented 4 years ago

If + or - are in the query, that activates BOOLEAN MODE which produces different results Asset Flip Simulator 4 DLC vs Asset Flip Simulator + 4 DLC In addition, results are ordered by platform and therefore packages are at the bottom of the Steam results. However, I can add Asset Flip Simulator + 4 DLC as a title match and that leads to a direct match redirect.

Here's the logic:

Direct matches for app title, store title or formatted title (no non-alphanumeric characters) No results for division 2
Another direct match on formatted title only (no sure why this step exists) No results for division 2
MATCH (store_title) AGAINST (query) 31 results for division 2, only first 5 shown, ordering by popularity pushes Epic result to the bottom
MATCH (formatted_title) AGAINST (query) or if + or - in query MATCH (app_title) AGAINST (query IN BOOLEAN MODE) 121 results, only 30 shown, ordering by popularity pushes other platforms to the bottom
MATCH (formatted_title) AGAINST (query IN BOOLEAN MODE) 4478 results*, only 5 shown, apparently nothing relevant

bartervg commented 4 years ago

In natural language mode, division 2 is equivalent to searching division which is why B.A.D Battle Armor Division has the same relevance as Tom Clancy's The Division 2. Therefore, it's difficult to match division 2 when it isn't the exact match title.

I added a specific query for non-Steam only. This will ensure that Steam results don't push them off the page. This revealed 2 The Division 2 Epic Game profiles.

Tecfan commented 4 years ago

Thank you for the explanation. Can you keep this open for some weeks so that I can gather some other examples? They might all have logical explanations, but I know that I had some more weird ones.

Tecfan commented 4 years ago

Here is another example with the + one:

bartervg commented 4 years ago

What is the exact string? When did you do this search? - Arcane RERaise - +-Arcane preRaise - works alright when I tried

Tecfan commented 3 years ago

Searching for "Clan of Champions - Gem Pack 1 DLC" (the name Fanatical uses) will not find "Clan of Champions - Gem Pack 1" at all.

https://barter.vg/i/7454/

https://barter.vg/search?q=Clan+of+Champions+-+Gem+Pack+1+DLC https://barter.vg/search?q=Clan+of+Champions+-+Gem+Pack+1

Tecfan commented 3 years ago

Searching for "Abby character pack", would assume that "AnyWay! - Abby character pack!" would be higher up in the search results, the other results are not really that relevant: https://barter.vg/search?q=Abby+character+pack

Tecfan commented 3 years ago

Searched for ife is Strange 2 - Arcadia Bay Patches DLC (L fell out of the paste), and even with all the other words intact, it did not find the DLC – it probably should. https://barter.vg/search?q=ife+is+Strange+2+-+Arcadia+Bay+Patches+DLC

Tecfan commented 3 years ago

I'm unable to find Japanese Indies Bundle (Indiegala) via search. https://barter.vg/bundle/5461/