[DOCS-7796] improve documentation "Search", or just get rid of it Created: 03/May/16  Updated: 06/Sep/17  Resolved: 06/Sep/17

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: dochub
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Eric Milkie Assignee: Kay Kim (Inactive)
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: groom
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Attachments: PNG File Screen Shot 2016-05-03 at 1.25.49 PM.png     PNG File Screen Shot 2016-05-03 at 1.38.27 PM.png     PNG File google custom search results.png    
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 Description   

The "Search" feature of our Documentation site isn't very good.
For example, if you search for "collMod", you get this:
https://docs.mongodb.org/manual/search/?query=collMod
A page of links to documentation, none of which is the actual "collmod" documentation page.

A simple google search for "mongodb collmod" and the first search hit is the actual collmod documentation, for the latest version even!
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/command/collMod

Since Google indexes our documentation for free, why not simply defer to it?



 Comments   
Comment by Eric Milkie [ 03/May/16 ]

The case sensitivity is a weird thing too. In the "bad" search results, you can see that the hits are hitting the mixed case string, even if the search string itself is all lowercase.

Comment by Ravind Kumar (Inactive) [ 03/May/16 ]

Confirmed, collMod returns the expected results, collmod does not.

Comment by Andrew Aldridge [ 03/May/16 ]

It appears to be a case sensitivity issue. I get the expected results IFF I search for "colMod"

Comment by Eric Milkie [ 03/May/16 ]

Amazing. That screen shot is from Chrome on my macbook. I just tried Chrome on my Fedora desktop – same results. I then tried FireFox on the same machine, and I get YOUR results. I am mystified.

Comment by Eric Milkie [ 03/May/16 ]

I attached a screen shot. I don't get it. I'm missing your first search hit (the most important one.)

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