Why can't you see my package
Hi, some time ago I uploaded a package for Godot Engine but when I search for "godot" my package does not appear but other godot packages do appear.
My package has the "godot" tag added.
What is the problem?
Two reasons:
Either way, the search bar doesn't look at tags. For that you need to use tag search, like this. Even better, use the Metadata->Engines and Tools tab in your project settings instead, since that's the recommended way nowadays.
Again. When searching for projects with a certain tag, use the lower search box where it says Select a tag... The one at the top where it says Search for games or creators only searches titles and short descriptions. And that search is optimized for exact matches, So if you just search for "Godot" it's not going to find much.
And again. When editing your project, go to Metadata and from there pick Engines & Tools. You'll see a field where you can add Godot as an engine. That's something people can search for specifically, and find it more easily than through tags.
Again. When searching for projects with a certain tag, use the lower search box where it says Select a tag... The one at the top where it says Search for games or creators only searches titles and short descriptions. And that search is optimized for exact matches, So if you just search for "Godot" it's not going to find much.
I don't understand why you say that to me, my question was not "how should I do a search for tags?".
So that answer doesn't help my package show up as a result when a user simply searches for "Godot".
The second part may help but this is ... frustrating!
You spend days creating a package and then it doesn't even appear in the search even if you simply put "Godot" and your package has "Godot" in the name! However, other packages do appear. I bet that's what most users do, search that way.
Well, our dev team disagrees. And they have the usage statistics for the entire website, so they'd know. Any other project would be in the same situation.
Also, I wrote about tag search because your OP says:
My package has the "godot" tag added.
Which doesn't matter for title searches, so I tried to make that clear.
You can learn more about how search works & the limitations of it here: https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting-indexed#limitations-of-search
For topic based discovery, we suggest people use tags and the corresponding browse page.
Marketing a project is challenging, and we have to balance the needs of all of our developers at the same time. Sadly this makes us unable to guarantee that just because you used a word in your title that you’ll appear on the top of the list for it. Of course our search isn’t perfect, but I still recommend looking into all of your options to help others find your work, instead of depending on one thing specifically.
Thanks