Magento

I have installed a fresh Magento 1.5.1.0 store (not from upgrade). I have set Search Type=FullText in Catalog Search configuration. I also have set Use in Quick Search=Yes only for the attribute name. However when I search for a product using Quick Search, I get every product listing whose title (i.e. name) contains any of the words I put in the text field of Quick Search.

I also reindexed data and refreshed the cache from the administration GUI. I also cleared cache manually by removing the files under /var/cache but the problem persists.

I use the default themes that come with Magento package. The problem occurs with any theme. In my opinion, the Quick Search seams to return any product listing that contains any of the words in its title (name attribute) specified in the search string.

It seems that nobody has found a solution to this. The Search functionality is a crucial issue in a store. A search engine that returns a huge amount of irrelevant products is as awful as a search engine that returns nothing.

I don’t know if the problem is solved with v1.6.0.0. I don’t blame anyone; after all Magento is free…

I think that Full Text search is far too broad. try using the “Like” search instead, you may also need to change a line: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/213559/

Hello,

As a variant, you can try the ready extension Search AutoComplete & Suggest Pro. Check this one http://mirasvit.com/magento-extensions/search-autocomplete-suggestions.html