# 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:** [20 Agosto, 2014 16:00 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:** [20 Agosto, 2014 18:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-prioritize-recent-topics-over-older-topics/19099/6 "2014-08-20T18:55:30Z")

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Sure, just pointing out that search is one of the most difficult problems in computer science. Google does it great with their billions of dollars and millions of servers. We have somewhat less resources. 😉

Not that it can’t be improved, but the magical perfect one word search is one of the hardest examples to cite. How many single word searches do you do on Google, for example?

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