ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums : Search does look at category name https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:20:05 +0000 Fri, 07 May 2010 08:08:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3683 <![CDATA[ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums]]> https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ <![CDATA[Search does look at category name : Thanks for verifying that for...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-does-look-at-category-name_topic3683_post14297.html#14297 Author: JamesD
Subject: 3683
Posted: 07-May-2010 at 8:08am

Thanks for verifying that for me... I'll probably just make sure the search terms are in the description.]]> Fri, 07 May 2010 08:08:40 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/search-does-look-at-category-name_topic3683_post14297.html#14297 <![CDATA[Search does look at category name : Meanwhile, you could make use...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-does-look-at-category-name_topic3683_post14287.html#14287 Author: Guests
Subject: 3683
Posted: 06-May-2010 at 9:19pm

Meanwhile, you could make use of the Custom Fields to each product record to facilitate the searching.

Indeed, if you look at search data, folks to tend to search in the plural most of the time.

This should also be a clue for your SEO: be sure to update title and description meta tags to include the plural, and frankly, it would be a good idea to rework your descriptions to include a plural version of your main keyword phrase for each product.]]> Thu, 06 May 2010 21:19:24 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/search-does-look-at-category-name_topic3683_post14287.html#14287 <![CDATA[Search does look at category name : Hi Jim, It&#039;s doing a search...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-does-look-at-category-name_topic3683_post14283.html#14283 Author: ProductCart
Subject: 3683
Posted: 06-May-2010 at 8:04pm

Hi Jim,

It's doing a search strictly against product information, not category information. It displays category results based on the product data that it finds.

This could certainly be an improvement for the future.]]> Thu, 06 May 2010 20:04:35 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/search-does-look-at-category-name_topic3683_post14283.html#14283 <![CDATA[Search does look at category name : I&#039;m noticing that when I...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-does-look-at-category-name_topic3683_post14270.html#14270 Author: JamesD
Subject: 3683
Posted: 06-May-2010 at 8:44am

I'm noticing that when I search for products, it does not find ones where the category name matches the search term.  For example, if I search for "Grills" eventhough I have a couple of categories names "Grills" it does not return those.  I also have products with the word "Grill" (singular) in the name and/or description, but those don't get found either.
 
Has anyone else come across this?  Anyone have a fix?
 
Thanks,
Jim
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