Bumping this as I still believe it affects search a lot… some if the annoyances I’ve been having lately:
Github links > username nor repo name is searchable…
X links > usernames are not searchable
There are plenty more examples, if you don’t rely on search a lot these things might go unnoticed, as it does not really affect what you see in search, but what you don’t see. We are not supposed to be constantly thinking about whether or not a topic needs a keyword for find-ability.
This goes especially for drafts/staff sections, where posts are simply not done yet, sometimes stay there for years, or communication is in shorter/internal format. This post would not be findable for the keywords staff and internal if I didn’t add this… because Discourse simply decided they are not relevant? Why?
I can hardly agree that this is not a bug, rather a very uncommon approach for a search index decision.