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Why is the search function of the store so limited?

A topic by Voidfyre created May 11, 2021 Views: 294 Replies: 3
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If I search for example "tileset", it only shows 1 page with less than 70 results. I am sure there are way more than 70 items using the word tileset, since I've found many through other sites or on the related section after downloading that are never shown if you use the search function.

This happens for pretty much everything, games, assets, you name it. What's the deal?

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The box is optimized for exact title searches, that's what. Searching by keywords is a matter of luck. Please use tags instead, like this: https://itch.io/games/tag-tileset -- hope this helps!

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Please read here to learn more about how search works: https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting-indexed#limitations-of-search

At some point in the future we may be merging much of the functionality of search and browse, but in the meantime it can be helpful to understand the distinction between tags and title

Thanks for the clarification.


Regards.

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