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Order API/Search engine result by accuracy #207

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go on TheGamesDB Advanced search page
2. Search for Quake II on PC platform

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The search engine and the API both give the same result list :
- Quake
- Quake 4
- Quake II
- Quake III Arena

Expected result list must be
- Quake II (corresponding exactly to the search)
- Quake III Arena (containing entirely the search)
- Quake
- Quake 4

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Online search engine and API

Please provide any additional information below.
Third party applications using thegamesdb as database cannot work correctly due 
to this non accuracy ordered search result list. For example with Advanced 
Launcher:

- for automatic scans data scrappers always return this first returned game 
(generally the most accurate). But with thegamedb as source, the first returned 
game is not always the more accurate, and so to have the right game users must 
use most of the time the semi-automatic scan mode. For example, into automatic 
scan mode, a search on "Quake II" will always return the "Quake" game data.

- for thegamesdb thumbs scrappers, the thumb search is only based on the game 
name. So if Advanced Launcher search for "Quake II" covers, the "Quake" covers 
will be returned.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Angelscr...@gmail.com on 2 Oct 2011 at 4:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
This is a genuine problem that we have internally discussed in the past.

It is long overdue to be tackled.

Suggest we consider adding to 0.8 as that was intended to be API centric.

(Angelscry, thank you for your succinct examples!)

Original comment by a...@penoval.co.uk on 4 Oct 2011 at 12:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Adding this to 0.8 milestone.  This will be the first ticket for that release 
schedule.  Now giving it the name "Yoshi".

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2011 at 4:35

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Issue 205 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2011 at 4:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 8:31

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Suggest I have a look how some other sites such as TheMovieDB.org, Fanart.tv, 
etc handle this in their code... our site Search/API search is quite poor atm. 
If anyone can list any other open source sites with API's that would be very 
much appreciated! ;)

Original comment by a...@penoval.co.uk on 5 Mar 2012 at 12:18

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Wikipedia search is great.  Not sure if it's available for viewing the code.

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 6 Mar 2012 at 5:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Some work to address this has been done recently, consider moving this to 0.9 
where a next push to improve this can be made, since this is likely to be more 
of an ongoing development through several incremental updates to the site.

Original comment by a...@penoval.co.uk on 13 Mar 2012 at 1:15

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Moved to 0.9

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 13 Mar 2012 at 2:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 22 May 2012 at 12:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by a...@penoval.co.uk on 28 May 2012 at 4:28