How to Include Numbers which occur in names

galacticvoyager · 11-12-2005, 09:32 AM

My site has numerous pages with titles like "Apollo 13", "Gemini 7", "Mercury 6". If a user searches for "Apollo 13" he gets all the "Apollo *" pages but the "Apollo 13" page doesn't get a higher ranking.

If I understand the spider process, this is likely caused by the one and two digit numbers (13, 7, 5) getting left out.

Is there some way I could get numbers such as these included in the indexing? The config.php comments warn against setting the SMALL_WORD_SIZE to anything less than 2.

Thanks for your help and keep up the great work. PHPDIG is a very valuable tool for the small web developer.

Charter · 11-12-2005, 01:45 PM

Just set SMALL_WORDS_SIZE to the number zero in the config file. Zero should make PhpDig index anything of one or more characters. Tip1: set single character or other sized 'words' in the common_words.txt file to prevent their index. Tip2: Run the 'clean common words' routine from the admin panel to rid the tables of common words. The SMALL_WORDS_SIZE comment is something from the past that didn't get updated when the code changed to allow for one or more character indexing.

11-12-2005, 09:32 AM	#1
galacticvoyager Green Mole Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	How to Include Numbers which occur in names My site has numerous pages with titles like "Apollo 13", "Gemini 7", "Mercury 6". If a user searches for "Apollo 13" he gets all the "Apollo *" pages but the "Apollo 13" page doesn't get a higher ranking. If I understand the spider process, this is likely caused by the one and two digit numbers (13, 7, 5) getting left out. Is there some way I could get numbers such as these included in the indexing? The config.php comments warn against setting the SMALL_WORD_SIZE to anything less than 2. Thanks for your help and keep up the great work. PHPDIG is a very valuable tool for the small web developer.

11-12-2005, 01:45 PM	#2
Charter Head Mole Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,539	Just set SMALL_WORDS_SIZE to the number zero in the config file. Zero should make PhpDig index anything of one or more characters. Tip1: set single character or other sized 'words' in the common_words.txt file to prevent their index. Tip2: Run the 'clean common words' routine from the admin panel to rid the tables of common words. The SMALL_WORDS_SIZE comment is something from the past that didn't get updated when the code changed to allow for one or more character indexing. __________________ Responses are offered on a voluntary if/as time is available basis, no guarantees. Double posting or bumping threads will not get your question answered any faster. No support via PM or email, responses not guaranteed. Thank you for your comprehension.

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