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What are Stop Words and when to use them?

With the Stop Words feature, you can disable certain words from the search. The words from the Stop Words list will be filtered out and won't be considered by the search engine. This feature might give you more relevant search results. Such common words as "a", "the", and some prepositions are disregarded by default (see Stop words by default).

We suggest using this feature if your customers often use a particular word in a search phrase, making the search less accurate.

Adding stop words

To add stop words, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Searchanise control panel > Stop words section > General tab.
  2. Click the + button in the top-right corner.
  3. Type the word(s) in the Stop word column. 
  4. Click the Save items button to save the changes.
  5. Click the Force re-indexation button in the Dashboard section to start the indexation.

The added word(s) will not affect search results after the indexation is complete.

Editing stop words

To edit stop words, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Searchanise control panel > Stop words section > General tab.
  2. Click the Edit stopwords button in the top-right corner.
  3. Enter the changes.
  4. Save the changes.
  5. Click the Force re-indexation button in the Dashboard section to start the indexation.

Deleting stop words

To delete stop words, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Searchanise control panel > Stop words section > General tab.
  2. Select the checkbox in the Delete column next to the stop word you want to delete.
  3. Click the Delete selected button.
  4. Click the Force re-indexation button in the Dashboard section to start the indexation.

Exporting a stop words list

To export your stop words list, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Searchanise control panel > Stop words section > Export/Import tab > Export part.
  2. Click the Download as CSV button. 
  3. Choose the directory for the exported file.

Importing a stop words list

Important
Before inporting, make sure that the file contains the Stop word title field and values: 

To import a stop words list, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Searchanise control panel > Stop words section > Export/Import tab > Import part.
  2. Select the CSV Delimiter, which is used in the imported CSV file. 
  3. Click the Choose file button and choose the file for importing.
  4. Click the Import button. You can see the imported values in the General tab.
  5. Click the Force re-indexation button in the Dashboard section to start the indexation.

The added word(s) will not affect search results after the indexation is complete.

Stop word by default

  • a
  • am
  • an
  • as
  • and
  • at
  • be
  • been
  • did
  • didn't
  • do
  • does
  • doesn't
  • don't
  • had
  • hadn't
  • has
  • hasn't
  • have
  • haven't
  • if
  • is
  • isn't
  • of
  • on
  • or
  • should
  • shouldn't
  • so
  • the
  • to
  • was
  • wasn't
  • were