Stop Words

Summary

The Stop word list defines words that the search engine should ignore, either completely or largely. The reason for using this is that search phrases may often contain words that are not relevant for the search function. For example, if a customer searches for Jacket made from leather, the key terms are jacket and leather; the words made and from can be ignored.

Stop words are represented as an individual page tab for Search term rules page.

Adding Stop word entry

Stop word entries consist of Word itself and Relevancy

The checkbox Relevant decides, whether the term is a function word (checkbox is checked) or a stop word ( checkbox is not checked).

Function words (the, what, who, a, an, etc.) do not contain information that is relevant to the search process, and can be largely ignored.

Stop words are words that should not be found. For example expletives or terms that are subject to trademark laws.

Tip: words with or without should not be considered irrelevant. The search for milk without lactose should not be reduced to the combination milk lactose because in the worst case this will produce all non-lactose free milk products. The lactose-free products might also be among the results, but as a result of luck, not by the clever use of stop words.

After entering Word, selecting Relevancy, new Stop word entry can be added by clicking Add Entry button