Evolution of Search Engines Architecture – Algolia Search Architecture Part 1

Re:Evolution of Search Engines Architecture – Algolia Search... by cinntaile on Sunday August 08, 2021 @03:51PM (#28109550)

It's strange, I don't really like using the HN Algolia search. I think it's because the responsiveness doesn't fit HN and the results are okay but not great? What are some other big sites that use Algolia as their search backend? It would be interesting to compare.

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Re:Evolution of Search Engines Architecture – Algolia Search... by modeless on Sunday August 08, 2021 @07:06PM (#28111033)

The problem with HN Algolia search is that they never updated it after comment scores were hidden. The default is to sort comments by score, but all recent comments are ranked last because their score is just assumed to be 1 or something like that.

I also wish it searched both stories and comments by default. I guess you can set your own defaults but meh, I use many different computers and don't change defaults as a general rule because it's a hassle to keep all the computers in sync.

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Re:Evolution of Search Engines Architecture – Algolia Search... by z77dj3kl on Sunday August 08, 2021 @08:35PM (#28111563)

Ah, that makes sense! I always wondered why any search term would just return 8 year old stuff at the top.

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Re:Evolution of Search Engines Architecture – Algolia Search... by polote on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:02PM (#28110535)

> the results are okay but not great

What results do you expect more than keywords search ranked by upvote on HN? I find it great honestly, it's fast and don't do magics

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Re:Evolution of Search Engines Architecture – Algolia Search... by adamveld12 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:31PM (#28109834)

We use it for general search and similar items results on www.liveauctioneers.com

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