XF Search Engine

[Hornstar]

First thread here ^^

Anyway I was just testing out the search Engine here on XF. Comparing it to VB and hoping it is better.

I thought I would search for 'seo' as that was a topic of interest ^^

Unfortunately it came back with: "The search could not be completed because the search keywords were too short, too long, or too common."

I was wondering are there improvements yet to be made to the search engine here or is this just one of those things that can't be fixed?

What do you all think of the search functionality so far?

 

[sdchan]

What am I missing?

I've added the following to mysql conf

[mysqld]
ft_min_word_len=3
I've updated the Search Minimum Word Length to 3 in ACP, I've restarted mysql and then rebuild the search cache.

When I search for any 3 letter word I get nothing though.

I am running into an issue with the Search minimum word length setting. I set it to 3 a while ago and when searching the forum I don't get any search results - Google search does return results from the forum, though. Does the mysql setting have to be changed, too? If so, what's the purpose of this setting in the admin cp?

 

[Nicolas FR]

For MySQL searches the minimum word length need to be set to 4 i guess.

 

[Kirby]

Does the mysql setting have to be changed, too?

If you are using MySQL Fulltext: Yes

If so, what's the purpose of this setting in the admin cp?

To be able to set a limit that is higher than the MySQL Limit.

 

[MySiteGuy]

ft_min_word_len is for tables using the MyISAM engine. If the table is using the InnoDB engine, you need to use innodb_ft_min_token_size instead.