# Should search prioritize recent topics over older topics?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-prioritize-recent-topics-over-older-topics/19099
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 20, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-prioritize-recent-topics-over-older-topics/19099 "2014-08-20T16:00:12Z")
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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: [August 22, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-prioritize-recent-topics-over-older-topics/19099/57 "2014-08-22T21:46:20Z")

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I do think there’s a case to be made that **more recent topics** should show above older ones, but given that the discussion here is so fragmented, and the underlying/original cause…

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> My developer spidey sense says UI is somehow screwing up and “thinks” there are not enough results to trigger SHOW MORE. I strongly suspect an error or logic bug in the SHOW MORE UI codepath. I just don’t know how to trigger it.

vs.

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Oddly enough, the drop-down search was only searching the first post and title. But! And this is a big but!
> 
> If you had enough results from that initial search of just first post and title to trigger show more (5+), SHOW MORE would then, and onnnnly then, search all posts.

… is resolved, going to close this. Feel free to re-open a similar topic on order of results appearing now that everything is showing in the initial search the way it should.

Thanks for your patience everyone.

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