Understanding Text_Score Generation for "Ielts" Keyword
TLDR Md.Riad queried why documents with more keyword occurrences don't get higher score. Kishore Nallan clarified that frequency of keyword occurrence doesn't boost ranking to prevent noise.
Oct 09, 2023 (1 month ago)
Md.Riad
12:13 PMsearch keyword : ielts
i found two result from my data
Thats ok.
But the text_match_score is equal.
The keyword "ielts" occurred into 2nd data more than the first data .
So , 2nd data should got more score than 1st one
Kishore Nallan
01:52 PMOct 10, 2023 (1 month ago)
Md.Riad
04:53 AM
Kishore Nallan
05:03 AM
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