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Investigate peculiar search ranking
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Description
### Problem
This search is for some reason displaying first a book with a less exact match and fewer editions... it should be displaying the Dale Carnegie edition first. Might need to tweak some of the search logic.
- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Comment+se+faire+des+amis+et+influencer+les+autres&mode=everything
Some similar examples:
- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=L%27homme+le+plus+riche+de+Babylone&mode=everything
### Reproducing the bug
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### Context
- Browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc):
- OS (Windows, Mac, etc):
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- Environment (prod, dev, local): prod
### Breakdown
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the two linked production searches and inspect the Python search-ranking logic; the issue names no related files, tests, or entry points. Done means identifying why less exact matches rank first and correcting the ordering so the Dale Carnegie edition ranks first in these examples.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100