# Search should also look at "About me" section in user profile

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-should-also-look-at-about-me-section-in-user-profile/24590>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [January 29, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-should-also-look-at-about-me-section-in-user-profile/24590 "2015-01-29T23:09:34Z")\
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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:** [January 29, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-should-also-look-at-about-me-section-in-user-profile/24590/2 "2015-01-29T23:26:31Z")

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I do not feel this is a good idea – it would add a lot of noise to search results. Matching on username is one thing, matching on the whole of about me.. noise.

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