Boosting Search Fields

JSolrSearch plugins come with boost fields that allow you to more easily and precisely control the quality of search results.

Put simply, boosting increases the relevancy of certain fields. For example, you may wish to rank keywords that appear in the title of a Joomla! article higher than the keywords that appear in the article's main content.

Boosting is implemented using numbers; the higher the number the more relevent the result is.

JSolrSearch's boost values are preconfigured to provide the best generic result set and there is usually no need to manipulate these values. However, if there are cases where you would like to adjust the relevancy of certain fields then you can easily access them from each of JSolrSearch's plugin editors.

For more information, check out Solr's Relevancy Cookbook.