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How can wiki provide more accurate and relevant search results when users search on wiki?

By Krishna Heda @krishnaheda
    2019-04-13 02:48:05.092Z

    Currently when an users search on wiki on the below page. They do not get search results similar to google. User is directly taken to the first search result - which may not be as per the user's requirement. This does not give a better user experience - to choose the best page on wiki which suits their requirement.

    See the below search results when we type "Social Innovation". However, we do not have the same feature on the Wiki page. On Google we get results across all the languages of wiki

    Challenges

    1. Wiki style of taking the users to the first search result to the user.
    2. Lack of resources and funds to work on similar feature which Google offers
    3. Information arranged on different pages of wiki by volunteers.
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      Krishna Heda @krishnaheda
        2019-04-13 02:51:28.009Z2019-04-13 03:10:32.020Z

        Simple Solution can make a huge difference to the wiki users and make WIKI products more popular and helpful for everyone on this planet.

        Incorporate Google custom search on wiki by collaborating with Google. This helps users to search on wiki to get all the best results basis their key words. This helps users to know what all the content is available on wiki and helps them to choose the best content. This promotes users to read multiple pages which the user would not have done before. This serves the purpose of wiki to provide all the relevant information to wiki. This also helps users to get related search topics and helps them to know more about wiki which they would not have known.
        (Most of the wiki users do not know about lot of other wiki products)

        I have started writing my first book on wiki after learning about Wikibooks
        https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Transform,_Innovate_and_Grow

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