> -----Original Message----- > - If you use one word in your search, 1 is a probable score, because all > the results that > appear have the same relevance (they all contain that word!). > - If you use two words, where the second isn't present in all results, you > shouldn't get > relevance value 1 in all results. > - If you use the example query (+orange -fruit) it's also natural that the > relevance value is 1, > because it's a very strict query. > > If you go to my site (imikalsen.com), and try the internal search engine, > you will see a > practical application of the query. On the site, the result with the > highest relevance value is > always given 100% relevance. The relative relevance is calculated from the > relevance the > other results have compared to the most relevant. There might not be a > linear relationship > between the relevance values, but for my use it's enough. > > Try searching for: mikalsen (all 100% - relevance value = 2) > Try searching for: mikalsen remi (different values) > 100% is for the results that include remi AND mikalsen, the rest get 50% > > I checked the query I sent you, and it works the way I wrote it.
I definitely appreciate the query - thanks. > If you are looking for more advanced relevance values (higher relevance if > a word appears > many times in a certain text, etc.) I'm not sure if I can help you. I think your help has been great. I wasn't sure if I understood the scoring correctly, but what you've written above helped to clarify things a lot. -Ed -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
