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Enhanced Search Results
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Mitch Aunger
Please do something to beef up the search results - possibly more like searchie widgets which are much more like google.
Simply showing the video thumbnails doesn't give the users enough information to select the right video and they end up having to click and start watching several to possibly find the one they want.
(note I swear I've submitted this request before (like a year ago or more) but I cannot find it so I'm creating one in 2.0)
AliM
Search Widget result display: Group or Condense results from the same media file and/or playlist.
Perhaps as a drop down list, so users are not overwhelmed when they get a result such as 25/394 Results and have to scroll and scroll and scroll within a small area, to see the various files or playlists returned.
Maybe it could pop out to a separate page tab if there are lots of results. Or perhaps display widget results like the 'general header search' results, where you can toggle between views.
AliM
Search Widget: Add ability set a time limit on playback (view time).
CASE: We want to promote content to everyone on the hub and show a snippet (limited time eg 10s) of any media file which appears in the Search Widget results. Currently they can watch the 'entire file' for content that they don't have the audience tag for (which we use to control section visibility.)
Will McArthur
Mitch Aunger check it out!
Phillis Benson
Will McArthur: BOOM - you don't even know how fantastic this upgrade is to me and my clients!!!
Mitch Aunger
Will McArthur: thank you thank you!
Will McArthur
Mitch Aunger, I've just created a new post, https://searchie.canny.io/hubs/p/list-view-in-hub-search-results, for an update we will be working on shortly. There are other search result updates in the works, and we will use this post as the general "tracker" for you guys.
The other post I've just created is a more specific post about exactly what we are working on first. A more advanced update to search results that will involve changing what data is displayed can be found here, https://searchie.canny.io/hubs/p/show-playlist-in-search-results , and that one will take slightly longer to flesh out.
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Barry Frain
While we are on this subject I am of the opinion the widget should also search for web based content and include it in the search results. This way if the hub has blog posts or other content related to a search it could also be index the page, post etc. Should it bring up urls for attachments may also be a good question yet I wouldn't expect the widget to index the content within the file attachments.
Mitch Aunger
Barry Frain: i believe there's a canny request for searching for text on the hub... please look for it and vote
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April Lee
Mitch Aunger: I had this request (searching text) and Paulina at Searchie directed me to vote here. Just FYI.
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WiseCosmos Co-Creators
Barry Frain: I agree, the ability to have a search option for members to search the text of the various hub pages, as opposed to searching the transcripts of the video content using the 'Search Bar' element would be great.
Tara Hunkin
This is the main reason I switched to searchie:
- Searching within the videos/ability to go right to the term in the video to save time for the members to get what they need right away. Like others have said...good start what's there but needs so much more with deep content libraries to be truly valuable.
- I also thought that it was supposed to behave a lot more like netflix in that it would recommend videos based on what the user was interested in most....I remember talk of that from very early on but it seems that development has moved away from that? Will McArthur is this something that will be revisited too? The AI aspect? Or am I remembering incorrectly?
Will McArthur
Tara Hunkin: We realize the need to update the search results and the goal is to do this ASAP in all honestly. Hub search results could use a bit of an overhaul so that's the plan right now, with a lot of what's being said in this thread being included in the update.
For the recommendation side of things, we're not quite there yet. Theoretically it might be something we look for in the future, but the number of users with content libraries and audiences large enough for it to have an impact is a small percentage of our user base. For the AI side of things, this isn't on the "product radar" at the moment.
Tara Hunkin
Will McArthur: Thanks for the detailed response...it's appreciated.
Mitch Aunger
Tara Hunkin: what I do is my own 'recommended' kind of section to market so to speak other things the user might be interested in.
I agree with Will that at this point, I don't know that searchie's going to be smart enough to recommend content in the near future, so I do it myself :)
Will McArthur
in review
Julie Naismith
I do love Searchie, but because it used to so what it said on the tin. And was way ahead of the game. Since I started using it so many other platforms have caught up wrt to other things I like about Searchie. So if Searchie doesn't do the one thing that makes it stand out, I will move.
Mitch Aunger
Note: today, Andrew said they're creating a focus group on this topic! Bravo team! if you want input, join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/searchie/posts/3257285181258243/?comment_id=3275434739443287
Phillis Benson
Another excellent request, Mitch!!! I'd love to see this happen!!!
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