best bet inclusive matching

kuchida · Post by **kuchida** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:43 pm

I have a best bet entry with the keywords "john doe" I would like to have the best bet suggested link appear when someone types is "john", "john doe", or "john doe <any word>? is this possible.

If so, how do I do this?

Post by **mark** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:11 am

That's the default behavior except when their query is too specific "john doe <any word>" it won't match.

kuchida · Post by **kuchida** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:16 pm

is there any way to change the default behavior?

Post by **mark** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:20 pm

Basically the user's query is applied to the best bet keywords much as it would the page text. All of the query terms must occur in the keywords for a match.

legedza.henry · Post by **legedza.henry** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:23 pm

Hi there,

I'm a little confused re this as I am having a similar issue; I have entered the Best Bets keyword as "innovative community action network" within quote marks.

When I do a search though I only need to enter any one of those words and the best bets results comes up.

Instead I would like to limit the above so that it only shows the best bets links when those exact words are put in.

Regards
Henry

Post by **mark** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:15 am

Quotes in the keywords are irrelevant. It will match any time the user's query is any subset of the keywords. Imagine it like this
select bestbet where Keywords like $userquery

If you have webinator or texis (not an appliance) you could modify the search script to do "=" instead of "like". You'd also need to create a regular index on Keywords instead of a metamorph.