Thanks, Chris. This was very helpful and it appears I just need to think through my sort orders and filters better.
----------------- On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Chris Radcliff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > I'm not seeing the same effect. The Hinder event is listed within those > search results; you can bring it to the top with a more specific search: > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=Seattle&date=Future&q=title:hinder > > Of course, the basic search for all future events in Seattle returns 730 > pages of events, which makes it much harder to find that event among all the > others. I suggest narrowing your search based on what your users are really > looking for: > > Narrowed by location: > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=98134&date=Future&category=music&sort_order=popularity > Narrowed by performer: > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&keywords=spid:P0-001-000003055-0&sort_order=date > Narrowed by category & tags: > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=Seattle&date=Future&category=music&sort_order=popularity&keywords=tag:rock%20tag:band > Narrowed by time: > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=Seattle&date=this%20weekend&category=music&sort_order=popularity > > I also recommend sorting any set of search results by 'popularity', which > brings more interesting events to the top. The one exception to that rule is > a tour schedule, which often is expected to be in date-sorted order. A > popularity sort puts the Hinder event within the first 2 pages of results: > > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=Seattle&date=Future&sort_order=popularity&page_number=2 > > If you're noticing smaller numbers overall in the total_items count: We > recently stepped up an effort to consolidate duplicate and recurring events, > which would reduce the total_items count reported but doesn't affect the > actual events returned. For example, this set of event records for Mary > Poppins gives a total_items count of 3: > > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=New%20York%20City&date=Future&keywords=mary%20poppins > > ...but it actually represents hundreds of individual dates for the same show, > which before the change would have been individual listings: > > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/get?app_key=test_key&id=E0-001-033002014-4@2011041500&include=instances > > I hope that clears it up. Let me know if you have any questions or would like > to send me other examples. > > Cheers, > ~chris > > > On Apr 14, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Joe Giordano wrote: > >> Around March 14, 2011, I begin to notice what seemed like a change in >> the search results. Particularly, fewer results that were matching the >> criteria I was looking for? >> >> Please review the issue described below. Did something change or am I >> doing something incorrectly? >> >> Take this search: >> http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx&location=Seattle&date=Future >> >> Notice there is no event listed for Hinder at the ShowBox in Seattle. >> >> However, you can see the event here: >> http://eventful.com/seattle/events/hinder-/E0-001-037403920-7 >> >> Any help appreciated. >> > >
