Update Movie Info : the help make the search engine better thread

[Luna6ix]

typing "the cat in the hat" has two hits, but neither are "Dr. seuss' the cat in the hat" (the one with mike myers)

[Luna6ix]

typing "john leguazamo" which is a typo, doesn't hit "John Leguizamo" on the initial page, but "al st. john" "dr. john" and "john wayne" as the first three hits which are substantially different from "John Leguizamo".

[mpowell]

Thanks for these updates... they're being added to our on-going bug report dedicated to improving search.

[Luna6ix]

another problem with compound words, typing "white out" doesn't give a hit for "whiteout"

[Luna6ix]

glad to see some work has been accomplished on this subject, the movie beetlejuice hits even if typed as "beetle juice".

1. EDIT: some plural versions of words are quite different from their singular versions, such as "ghost story" and "ghost stories" perhaps find a way to hit the actual movie "ghost story" which is fred astaire's last movie as well as the two that have "ghost stories" in their titles.

2. EDIT: typing "arachnaphobia" gives the hit of only one movie which is "eight legged freaks", "arachnophobia" however gives a direct hit to the movie starring jeff daniels. there is only one letter in difference.

3. EDIT: typing "twenty eight days later" gives a hit of "28 days later" as third after two other movies that aren't as similar.

4. EDIT: typing "sweeny todd" gives a hit for "sweeney todd" after "zombie rampage".

5. EDIT: the typo "independance day"--only one letter off doesn't hit for the one with will smith.

6. EDIT: typing "oh, god!" gives a hit for the '77 movie only after 22 other movies.

[whatismyname]

Typing in 'the informant' without the exclamation point only returns the 1997 film, and not the 2009 film, 'The Informant!'

[mpowell]

Yeah, we're making progress slowly but surely on improving the search... thanks for continuing to update us on these problems... it helps to have a lot of examples, when we dive into work.

[whatismyname]

Typing in 'the bow' doesn't bring up Ki-duk Kim's 'Hwal' aka 'The Bow'

[edkrak]

When I type "The Wall" it takes me straight to "The Burning Wall" page (I was searching for Pink Floyd's film which obviously is on Criticker too).

[Luna6ix]

if you type in "8 1/2" fellini's movie comes second, after something completely different, if you type "eight and a half" it's not there at all.