Could boolean searches be helpful in finding quicker search results?

[abonnema143]

Trying to search for oatmeals If i just search for oatmeal I see a mix of oatmeal breads, oatmeal cookies, and other oatmeal products. The plain oatmeal products are scattered among the results. I tried searching 'Oatmeal -bread -cookies' and it didn't work. I don't know if the average user would utilize boolean search terms but it seems the more robust your database becomes the more important it'll be to filter results.

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[mattcantstop]

@abonnema143, @migarjo and I were discussing this. Our planned approach is to have a hierarchy of results. For instance, when someone searches for oatmeal it would have the Spoonme created and maintained oatmeal at the top of the list. Then your custom ingredient, then branded stuff and recipes. We are working on this (CC: @nelsonwittwer as you've mentioned search as well). The fundamental ingredient, oatmeal should show up first.

[nelsonwittwer]

Booleans with boosts are super powerful. I’d think you’d want to boost your own recipes / entries highest so prefer users content over your db though if you have a more specific match from another data source it’ll get a higher relevance score based off of the rarity of the term.

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM Matt Duff @.***> wrote:

@abonnema143 https://github.com/abonnema143, @migarjo https://github.com/migarjo and I were discussing this. Our planned approach is to have a hierarchy of results. For instance, when someone searches for oatmeal it would have the Spoonme created and maintained oatmeal at the top of the list. Then your custom ingredient, then branded stuff and recipes. We are working on this (CC: @nelsonwittwer https://github.com/nelsonwittwer as you've mentioned search as well). The fundamental ingredient, oatmeal should show up first.

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