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thanks for the tip. but even with 'visual statistics' as search-string, the post with most points (Brown Univ) appears somewhat later. Unless you think the fir

thanks for the tip. but even with 'visual statistics' as search-string, the post with most points (Brown Univ) appears somewhat later. Unless you think the first-result is the most relevant match. As for me, I found the Brown University post to be a better match than what appears at the top, currently, for 'visual statistics' search.

brudgers 9y ago
The words "visual" and "statistics" are closer together in the higher ranked results. Proximity might be a useful ranking metric and YC may have chosen to tune Algolia for it or it might be the default.