Re: Relevancy Rating
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = WebCatalog uses a similar scheme internally, and in fact the search results are automatically sorted in this order already. We are interested in exposing relevance information, so it will probably show up in a later version>I actually use the # of search terms to calculate a simple relevancy >rating for our Sherlock plugin. > >predator = 1 word = 25% >predator aliens = 2 words = 50% >... >4 or greater words = 100% > >It's not perfect (all items in a single search instance have the same >relevance), but it's at least a rough measurement of overall >relevance. Matching 4 words is probably more relevant than >matching only 1 word in the grand scheme of things... > >Any chance a future version of Webcat will expose relevance inside >[founditems]?Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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WebCatalog uses a similar scheme internally, and in fact the search results are automatically sorted in this order already. We are interested in exposing relevance information, so it will probably show up in a later version>I actually use the # of search terms to calculate a simple relevancy >rating for our Sherlock plugin. > >predator = 1 word = 25% >predator aliens = 2 words = 50% >... >4 or greater words = 100% > >It's not perfect (all items in a single search instance have the same >relevance), but it's at least a rough measurement of overall >relevance. Matching 4 words is probably more relevant than >matching only 1 word in the grand scheme of things... > >Any chance a future version of Webcat will expose relevance inside >
[founditems]?Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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