Summary
When tracks are returned from searches, the default sorting will be by “relevance”, i.e., how close they seem to be to what the searcher is looking for based on the terms they entered.
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How Relevance is Calculated
- The more times a term appears on a track, the more relevant it’s considered
- Track A mentions
rockonce - Track B mentions
rocktwice - When a user searches for
rock, B comes before A
- Track A mentions
- The fewer terms a track has, the more each one counts
- Track A has 10 words and one of them is
rock - Track B has 20 words and one of them is
rock - When a user searches for
rock, A comes before B
- Track A has 10 words and one of them is
- For multi-term searches, tracks that match multiple terms will be considered more relevant
- Some tracks mention
rock - Some tracks mention
roll - When a user searches for
rock OR roll, tracks that mention both come up before ones that only mention one term
- Some tracks mention
- For multi-term searches, the more tracks that have a term, the less weight that term carries
- 100 tracks mention
rock - 10 tracks mention
roll - When a user searches for
rock OR roll, tracks that mentionrollcome up before ones that mentionrock
- 100 tracks mention
Label Weighting
Admins can “weight” labels so tracks from those come up as more or less relevant than tracks from others. This feature can be used to highlight more recent releases, higher quality tracks, seasonal content, etc.
You can change these settings in the Admin Panel → Edit Site Settings → Search → Label Weighting