Add search synonyms

[michellefs]

我認為希望能夠透過類似 標籤同義詞 的工具間接影響搜尋演算法。但這僅適用於貼文中的任何關鍵字（或至少是原始貼文）。

一個使用案例是，社群成員/網站訪客會搜尋他們的慣用語，而不是類似的品牌術語。搜尋演算法會優先處理截然不同的主題。我們網站上的例子是搜尋「desktop app」與「native client」主題。

好奇多年來對錯字的想法是否有改變：

Can I add hidden metadata like word synonyms to topics to make them easier to find?

This is generally what tags are for, and tags have synonyms. You could make the same argument about spelling errors – that a search for “guidence” should match “guidance”. It takes some very fancy search engine work for this to be possible, though. Right now we rely on the built in search capability of the Postgres database engine. In reality, I think the best solution is curation – to have a staff member, or a TL4 user, edit in all the necessary terms to generate a good search match in the bo…