You'll need to rebuild the search index to include noise.
Run this small vortex script (after changing THEDB) with a command like
texis indexnoise
<script language=vortex>
<db=THEDB>
<a name=main>
<user=_SYSTEM>
<sql "drop index xhtmlbod"></sql>
<apicp keepnoise 1>
<sql "create metamorph index xhtmlbod on html(Title\Meta\Body)"></sql>
</a>
</script>
You will need to rerun that script after using -create, -rewalk, -wipe,
-unindex, or -dropindex.
In your search script add
<apicp keepnoise 1>
where the other apicp settings are, or just before the main <sql> query.
If you still want some noise words use
<$noise="the" "if" "are">
<apicp noise $noise>
instead of
<apicp keepnoise 1>
in the search script.
