"Exact match search" does not always work correctly

[Noble_Draconian]

Currently, as of 6/20/23, the exact match search feature of the search algorithm does not always work correctly. Instead of returning games with the title you searched for, it returns… nothing.

An example of this:

• Search for “UGC Tracker”
• Note that despite the game UGC Tracker having the exact title you searched for, no results are shown for it on the search page:
  
  

Expected behavior

It is expected that searching for experiences with a given title would show them on the search page.

Page URL: https://www.roblox.com/discover/?Keyword=ugc%20tracker

[Focia19]

We’ve filed a ticket into our internal database for this issue, and will come back as soon as we have updates!

Thanks for flagging!

[j876857]

I have a new experience publicly published (Block Simulator) a few days ago, and it’s not showing up in the search results despite typing the exact title. Would the experience need to just wait few more days for it to show in search?

[donutsalads]

@Noble_Draconian thank you for noting this issue! We have resolved the root cause internally, and your experience currently shows as the top search result for the query ugc tracker (link).

[donutsalads]

@j876857 thank you for your comment. Your experience does show in exact match search results for the query “block simulator” (link).