# How can I make a topic go to the top in suggested search results if it is perfectly matched with a searched term?

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**Created:** [15 ביוני,‏ 2020,‏ 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-a-topic-go-to-the-top-in-suggested-search-results-if-it-is-perfectly-matched-with-a-searched-term/154871 "2020-06-15T08:48:25Z")
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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [15 ביוני,‏ 2020,‏ 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-a-topic-go-to-the-top-in-suggested-search-results-if-it-is-perfectly-matched-with-a-searched-term/154871/1 "2020-06-15T08:48:25Z")

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When I found “bear out” in my discourse, “bear out” in the title didn’t come to the top.  
Can I change the setting so that topics that match perfectly come to the top?

 ![bear out](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/d/edda6e8f953ee522874b3c42ed07e37b31840864.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [15 ביוני,‏ 2020,‏ 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-a-topic-go-to-the-top-in-suggested-search-results-if-it-is-perfectly-matched-with-a-searched-term/154871/2 "2020-06-15T17:29:36Z")

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Did you try it in quotes? That makes it a very specific, in-order word match. Search for

`"bear out"`

versus

`bear out`

See if that helps. There are other advanced search options on the search page such as “matching in title only” that might be useful as well.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/b/bb0bad22e69aed6c170450e14070a239be032654.png)

which is equivalent to adding `in:title` to your search.

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [16 ביוני,‏ 2020,‏ 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-a-topic-go-to-the-top-in-suggested-search-results-if-it-is-perfectly-matched-with-a-searched-term/154871/3 "2020-06-16T02:17:09Z")

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Thanks for the information.

I tried the both. “Bear out” does not go to the top somehow.

I remember that “bear out” came out in top without doing the manipulation when I searched it about a year ago.  
Did the algorithm of search change after several update?

 ![search2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/6/06af99a3b05b9a4832342de50d816209b019cba7.png) ![search1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/f/6f7fb8b7f1a31bb7f5bd52ddd3bc462768d61045.png)