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Synonyms vs. ranking rules for product abbreviations?

Nov 6·142 views
HP
Hannah PriceContributor

Customers search 'SSO' and 'single sign-on' and get different top results. Should I fix this with a synonym list or a ranking rule?

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PO
Priya OkaforCommunity Champion

Start with a two-way synonym so both queries match the same documents. Only add a ranking rule if the top result is still wrong after that.

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