506266 - When a user searches for the exact title of a page, that page should be the first result

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Design, defect, P3)

Description

[Chris Jones [:cjones] inactive; ni?/f?/r? if you need me]

If I search MDC for "xpcom thread synchronization"

https://developer.mozilla.org/Special:Search?search=xpcom%20thread%20synchronization&type=fulltext

which is the title of a article

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/XPCOM_Thread_Synchronization

that article doesn't show up in the first page of search results.  I consider this to be a major annoyance and hints at a bug in the search infrastructure.

bz, CC'd on this bug, has reported to me similar anecdotes.

Comment 1

[Chris Jones [:cjones] inactive; ni?/f?/r? if you need me]

> I consider
> this to be a major annoyance and hints at a bug in the search infrastructure.
>

Er, "and to hint at a bug ..."  Need to watch my grammar ;).

Comment 2

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

See:

https://developer.mozilla.org/Project:en/Using_the_Mozilla_Developer_Center#Finding_what_you_need

You can specify that you want to restrict your search to titles if you like.

You can also put quotes around strings you want to find as a phrase instead of searching for individual words.

However, that doesn't change the fact that this is indeed a problem IMHO. MindTouch had closed this bug by noting the info I mention above; I have reopened it:

http://bugs.developer.mindtouch.com/view.php?id=4464