Playing Devil’s Advocate for a moment, as a retired IT Professional, I think this may be the result of two separate but related issues. On one side, it may be less to do with the algorithm used for searches, and more to do with what metadata is available to search against. Since MakerWorld doesn’t create the content associated with models that are posted, it’s up to the maker to provide as much keyword content as possible when formulating their posts. On the other hand, I do know if I do a search for a specific word I’ve used in the name of a model I’m posting, often the search function doesn’t manage to find it. And that is both odd and discouraging, as one then wonders how much content you’re not seeing when you perform a search on a given topic.
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