685079 - Create a default search filter that optimizes all available filters/facets to show the best default result set

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Add-on Builder, defect, P1)

Description

[Daniel Buchner [:dbuc]]

In my mind this is essentially a default "smart filter". It is basically a broad filter that auto-balances all existing filter/facets settings to return the most relevant, highest quality results. This should the filter that we activate by default in the UI.

I envision this being a check box, that when checked, presets the following facets and filters to the optimal settings:

Activity - Total # of updates in ratio to the running average of update recency.

Usage - Total number of copies or add-ons that depend on the package in ratio to age of the package.

Developer Clout - number of total add-ons or libraries the author has ever created, total number of total copies or dependents the author has amassed across all their packages, all in ratio to their running average of interaction across all their packages.

If this sounds complex, I don't blame you, but I think if we nail this, the best will rise organically to the top of the stack.

Feel free to as for specifics on any of the contributing facets/filters included above.

Comment 1

[Sean McArthur [:seanmonstar]]

Something else that ElasticSearch has is the ability to boost score based on some arbitrary value.

For instance, we can increase the "_boost" for all addons as they're indexed by the number of times copied, or size in byes, or whatever. It wouldn't filter out the other results like the filters do, it would just adjust the search results so that certain addons/libs rank higher for an existing term.

Comment 2

[Arron Schaar [:arron]]

Sorting basically ensures that the best results come to the top.  When doing keyword searchs it sorts by 'score'  Otherwise it sorts by activity by default.