Post by Moga in My game only shows up when searching the full title name, not partial element?

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Thank you again @NoTimeToPlay and @leaf.. The one thing that still bugs me is this:

If I search games with only the word 'orbit' I get exactly 63 results. Not a ton. One of those results is "Orbital Defender" another is "Orbital Traversal." With only 63 games coming up I would expect "Orbital Dogfight" to be a result the same way "Orbital Defender" is by only searching 'orbit.' Not a little odd? Thank you again!!!

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woodsmoke5 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Did you go through the entire list?

Search results are probably NOT alphabetical, if that's what you mean. Usually most popular or most clicked search results show up first.

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No Time To Play5 years ago(+1)

Nah, that's not it. Search results cut off after a while. They don't return all possible matches. And yes, they return games in order of popularity, so those that don't make the cut simply aren't included. When you search for full title, exact matches are simply more relevant, so they show up on top.

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Moga5 years ago

That is the answer I was looking for. Explains it all. Thank you @NoTimeToPlay

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