Unable to index based on content (vs. title)

  • So I just moved to Ubuntu 16.04 on AWS (from Linode), and I noticed that many posts showed the same exact content in the related area. There was very little rotation at all, which used to work perfectly.

    I have the option enabled to use the content as part of the index, and when I disable that it works, but the content is far lower quality.

    Any ideas what would cause the inability to create a good index off of post content? Have you seen this issue before?

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  • Plugin Author Ajay

    (@ajay)

    I responded on Github as I saw it there first. I checked the three links on your site an they all display a different set of results.

    Can you also check what engine you now have for the wp_posts table is it InnoDb vs. myISAM earlier?

    Thread Starter danielmiessler

    (@danielmiessler)

    If you keep clicking on content (there are around 3,000 posts) you’ll see that the same ones keep coming up.

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    Maybe 1-2 out of each set is rotated, and the rest are coming out of that group.

    wp_posts is using the InnoDB engine, and I’m running mysql 5.7.17.

    I converted the table to myISAM and rebuilt the index. No change. : (

    Thread Starter danielmiessler

    (@danielmiessler)

    I’ve changed the site to use titles for matches for now.

    Any other ideas?

    Plugin Author Ajay

    (@ajay)

    Few things worth trying:

    – Reindex the posts again… but unlikely to fix much
    – Titles as you tried above. It usually tends to be more accurate that the noise of content
    – Change the amount of content that is compared
    – Use the add-on CRP Taxonomy to limit to same category

    Thread Starter danielmiessler

    (@danielmiessler)

    Hi Ajay,

    Thanks for this. I’m trying your recommendation of CRP Taxononomy now.

    It’s disappointing that the other functionality just stopped working on Ubuntu 16.04 / AWS. My bounce rate has risen by 10% because of it, and I’m betting many others are going to see similar hits when they upgrade to newer boxes.

    I’d be great to figure out what’s causing the inability to use the text content to do matches on this platform.

    Plugin Author Ajay

    (@ajay)

    Just curious. When you moved to 16.04 (I’m on that as well), did you change your database as well? I’m wondering if that could be another reason.

    Another option is also to try a clean reformat of the posts or also randomize the post: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/randomize-contextual-related-posts/

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