Extension Not Searchable?

[Sartajc]

My Extension Random Articles is not searchable! I tried to search for it and it just doesnt work except when i search the developer name or project homepage. how come the name and description arent searchable?

http://extensions.joomla.org/component/ ... Itemid,35/

[ot2sen]

Hi Sartajc,

Good question. Searching extensions dont always show what you expect as outcome.
Just did a little test searching for your extension 'Random Article'.

When searching for 'Random Articles' (without ''), no Search Results.
When searching for 'random' (without ''), your extension show up on page 3 on Search Results (Results 21 - 30 of 37).
When searching for 'articles' (without ''), your extension show up on page 4 on Search Results (Results 31 - 38 of 38).
When searching for 'random_articles' (without ''), your extension 'Random Article' show up as only Search Result 

When using advanced search and searching for 'random article' (without ''), your extension 'Random Article' show up as only Search Result 
And so on.

Basically its important how the search is done.

[Sartajc]

Oh ok that makes sense. thank you.

[sparky_hd]

Could the search engine be revised/replaced?  i searched for 'JC User Import' and it wasn't in the first 100 results.  Searched '"JC User Import"' with quotes and it looks like the search string broke because i couldn't find anything past the first page (it was as if the search reset).  The search that worked was 'jc_user_import', but what average web user would know to do a search like that?  It's not a standard search practice.