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Cannot search some creator names via search field

A topic by komehara created Apr 04, 2022 Views: 685 Replies: 4
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I remember having troubles finding some creators by searching their name in the search field at the top of the page.

Right now, the only example I can find failing is “joqlepecheur”, which clearly exists ( https://joqlepecheur.itch.io/ ) but is not searchable by their name.

Other creator names, like myself “komehara”, when searched, will properly display the creator and also their created games (if main author, not just collaborator, but it’s enough).

I don’t know why this specific user is not searchable, I remember that others like “FluentlyStudios” were also very hard to find, now I can find them just typing “fluentlys” or “Fluently Studios” with a space. While “joqlepecheur”, “joq le pecheur”, etc. will all find nothing.

I’ll keep trying other names to see if other names are failing and if there is any common point between them.

I think it’s technical enough to deserve a GitHub issue so I’ll also make one.

EDIT: added space around brackets to avoid back link generation

EDIT 2: added screenshot of search failing (French interface)

Opened issue: https://github.com/itchio/itch.io/issues/1307

Moderator(+1)

Hey there,

The page you linked for creator “joqlepecheur” seems to be down. Maybe the profile page was de-indexed beforehand?

In general, profiles that don’t have projects, or users that haven’t created a creator profile, are not shown in search. Also breaking the rules in any way can get you de-indexed and have your profile hidden as well. Maybe that’s what happened in this case?

Hope that helps :)

Moderator

The link has a parenthesis stuck to the end. :P And I can find them by name just fine. I'm not sure why that would work for some people but not others.

Good finding, I fixed the link. I also added a screenshot of the issue, but the only particularity of my situation I can think of is the French interface, which probably doesn’t play a role…

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