Elevate search results with effective titles and keywords

To maximize the value of Showpad, it's essential for users to quickly find the right content for their sales discussions, learning sessions, and presentations. This article provides tips and tricks to enhance search results, helping users efficiently locate the content they need.

Note: The search algorithm is always subject to change.

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• Tips to optimize search results
• Use Showpad's search algorithm to help users find what they need

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Best practices for improving search results

1. Optimize titles, body, and description.
   As Showpad's search algorithm gives higher priority to matches in the title, followed by the body and description, make sure to include relevant keywords in these areas. This will improve the visibility of your content when users search for those keywords.
2. Choose precise phrases and keywords.
   When creating content, exact matches are ranked higher than partial matches, so opt for clear and specific phrases or keywords. This will increase the likelihood of your content appearing higher in the search results when users search for those exact terms.
3. Maintain the order of keywords.
   When searching for a phrase with multiple words, Showpad gives more weight to results that have the words in the same order. Therefore, keep keyword phrases in the same order as your target audience is likely to search for them.

How search results are ranked

Three main rules govern the ranking of the search results. Here is a quick overview:

1. Title > body > description.
   Matching words queried for in the title are ranked over ones that appear in the body, which in turn are ranked higher than ones in the description.
2. Exact > partial match.
   For example, searching for “discover” will rank a file with the name “discover content” higher than one named “discovering content” even though it will still find the second one.
3. In order > not in order.
   Searching for a phrase containing multiple words will rank results with the words in that same order over those with the same words in a different order.

Note: The recently updated documents are ranked higher in the search results.

Additionally, tags can not be searched for and only function as filters. Recency and age of results are sortable but currently do not affect the order when sorting on relevancy. The number of shares and views is displayed but does not affect the ranking when sorting on relevancy.