If I search for "ww2" my game doesn't show up /search?q=ww2. My game is called WW2 FPS, so it should show up right? I'm sure it used to show up. It also seems there are very few search results for a generic term like ww2.
Link to my game: https://desertfoxdev.itch.io/ww2fps. Directly searching for the title works: /search?q=ww2+fps
I've read /docs/creators/getting-indexed and other posts on here, but I couldn't find any information as to why it wouldn't show.
Any help would be appreciated.
Your game is indexed, otherwise it wouldn't appear in any searches, so I don't see any errors or anything you can do.
It is simply the way in which the algorithm is programmed, there are no public details of how it works, except that it is optimized to search for complete titles and not partial titles, hence it does not behave as you expect.
Even so, if you think there is an error, you should talk to support or the admin, who are the only ones who have access to review the search algorithm.
Search does show you tags. But not all tags, only the ones that are in the suggestion box. Try searching for fps.
Bottom line is, why should people search for your game's name. Also that name is not a name, but a generic description like those:
d&d rpg
mushroom platformer
See?
And both of the words in your game's title are also used as tags. And tag search is not cut off. It will show you all 10000 games that have fps as a tag.
