search results are in the wrong order

wptechno · 07-13-2005, 09:40 PM

running 1.8.7

I've been trying to optimize my pages with relevent titles and content but When I do a search on my site for something like "oulook xp" other less relavent results come up before it. A result with the actual keyword in it comes to 77.46 %. while other less relavent searches come to 100%

test it here: http://eworldportal.com

I'll even look up something like "xp" and nothing will come up at all even though I have a page setup specifically for xp's outlook located here:
http://eworldportal.com/website/prod...tlookxp/xp.htm

I've tried all the settings...any, exact etc.

Let me know what you suggest I do for this scenario and others.

Thank you
Ben

wptechno · 07-17-2005, 01:07 PM

is anybody there?

Charter · 07-18-2005, 05:45 PM

What is SMALL_WORDS_SIZE set to in the config file?

Dave A · 07-20-2005, 01:14 PM

Check your config file to see what the minimum word size is set to:
define('SMALL_WORDS_SIZE',2); //words to not index - must be 2 or more
define('MAX_WORDS_SIZE',30); //max word size

This part of your config file smay be set to something different.

wptechno · 07-21-2005, 08:34 PM

they're set to this in my config file:
define('SMALL_WORDS_SIZE',2); //words to not index - must be 2 or more
define('MAX_WORDS_SIZE',30); //max word size

wptechno · 07-25-2005, 08:15 PM

I know it's not that big of a deal, but I'd like to just be able to manipulate my search results a lot better.

Dave A · 07-25-2005, 08:53 PM

Hi I have just been to your website and tried a search for smtp.yourisp the result is from quite deep inside your website http://eworldportal.com/search/searc...=10&option=any
So it looks like the spidering is going deep enough to find the results and I would expect that it may be caused by the length of the words "xp" perhaps changing the values in your config.php file down to minimum of 1
Perhaps define('SMALL_WORDS_SIZE',1); may well help it find the results, it may be worth a try?

Dave A · 07-25-2005, 09:01 PM

The error message that comes back when I do a search for "xp" is
"xp", is too short a word and was ignored.
So it may well be to do with the length of the word settings!

I Hope this helps

wptechno · 07-26-2005, 09:06 PM

thank you so much for your help. I set that to 1 digit and I'm still getting un-relelvant results like results with the word "expiration" as promenent over windows xp no matter how exact the search is.

07-13-2005, 09:40 PM	#1
wptechno Green Mole Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	search results are in the wrong order running 1.8.7 I've been trying to optimize my pages with relevent titles and content but When I do a search on my site for something like "oulook xp" other less relavent results come up before it. A result with the actual keyword in it comes to 77.46 %. while other less relavent searches come to 100% test it here: http://eworldportal.com I'll even look up something like "xp" and nothing will come up at all even though I have a page setup specifically for xp's outlook located here: http://eworldportal.com/website/prod...tlookxp/xp.htm I've tried all the settings...any, exact etc. Let me know what you suggest I do for this scenario and others. Thank you Ben

07-18-2005, 05:45 PM	#3
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07-17-2005, 01:07 PM	#2
wptechno Green Mole Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	is anybody there?

07-20-2005, 01:14 PM	#4
Dave A Purple Mole Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Island New Zealand Posts: 170	Check your config file to see what the minimum word size is set to: define('SMALL_WORDS_SIZE',2); //words to not index - must be 2 or more define('MAX_WORDS_SIZE',30); //max word size This part of your config file smay be set to something different.

07-21-2005, 08:34 PM	#5
wptechno Green Mole Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	they're set to this in my config file: define('SMALL_WORDS_SIZE',2); //words to not index - must be 2 or more define('MAX_WORDS_SIZE',30); //max word size

07-25-2005, 08:15 PM	#6
wptechno Green Mole Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	I know it's not that big of a deal, but I'd like to just be able to manipulate my search results a lot better.

07-25-2005, 08:53 PM	#7
Dave A Purple Mole Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Island New Zealand Posts: 170	Hi I have just been to your website and tried a search for smtp.yourisp the result is from quite deep inside your website http://eworldportal.com/search/searc...=10&option=any So it looks like the spidering is going deep enough to find the results and I would expect that it may be caused by the length of the words "xp" perhaps changing the values in your config.php file down to minimum of 1 Perhaps define('SMALL_WORDS_SIZE',1); may well help it find the results, it may be worth a try?

07-25-2005, 09:01 PM	#8
Dave A Purple Mole Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Island New Zealand Posts: 170	The error message that comes back when I do a search for "xp" is "xp", is too short a word and was ignored. So it may well be to do with the length of the word settings! I Hope this helps

07-26-2005, 09:06 PM	#9
wptechno Green Mole Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	thank you so much for your help. I set that to 1 digit and I'm still getting un-relelvant results like results with the word "expiration" as promenent over windows xp no matter how exact the search is.