Another Word For It Patrick Durusau on Topic Maps and Semantic Diversity

August 22, 2013

You complete me

Filed under: AutoSuggestion,ElasticSearch,Interface Research/Design,Lucene — Patrick Durusau @ 2:03 pm

You complete me by Alexander Reelsen.

From the post:

Effective search is not just about returning relevant results when a user types in a search phrase, it’s also about helping your user to choose the best search phrases. Elasticsearch already has did-you-mean functionality which can correct the user’s spelling after they have searched. Now, we are adding the completion suggester which can make suggestions while-you-type. Giving the user the right search phrase before they have issued their first search makes for happier users and reduced load on your servers.

Warning: The completion suggester Alexander describes may “change/break in future releases.”

Two features that made me read the post were: readability and custom ordering.

Under readability, the example walks you through returning one output for several search completions.

Suggestions don’t have to be presented in TF/IDF relevance order. A weight assigned to the target of a completion controls the ordering of suggestions.

The post covers several other features and if you are using or considering using Elasticsearch, it is a good read.

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