# Only count matches once **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 14, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-count-matches-once/13935 "2013-10-14T00:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Squires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_squires/32/2046_2.png) [@David\_Squires](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Squires)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-count-matches-once/13935/1 "2013-10-14T00:16:49Z")
Hello, I've tried a few different analyzers thinking that the stop words were causing the results to be poor, but now it seems that it's a result of the same token being matched multiple times, being given more weight. For example a search for "this is the end", returns the following results: 1. TutsPlus - End To End Analytics 2. This Is The End (2013) Movie HD As you can see, TutsPlus is pretty unrelated to what a user would be searching for. I guess it's just because 'End' is found twice. Is there anyway to only give weight to a single instance of a term or could you recommend what I should look at to provide a more relevant result? Really, the TutsPlus should not even be returned, or maybe way down the line. Thank you! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-count-matches-once/13935/2 "2013-10-14T00:22:45Z")
Can you give the query you used? Jörg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-count-matches-once/13935/3 "2013-10-14T00:26:51Z")
You could use a boost query or a rescore to match the phrase the user searched. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:16 PM, David Squires [dave@bluetopmedia.com](mailto:dave@bluetopmedia.com) wrote: > > Hello, > > I've tried a few different analyzers thinking that the stop words were causing the results to be poor, but now it seems that it's a result of the same token being matched multiple times, being given more weight. > > For example a search for "this is the end", returns the following results: > > 1. TutsPlus - End To End Analytics > 2. This Is The End (2013) Movie HD > > As you can see, TutsPlus is pretty unrelated to what a user would be searching for. I guess it's just because 'End' is found twice. > > Is there anyway to only give weight to a single instance of a term or could you recommend what I should look at to provide a more relevant result? Really, the TutsPlus should not even be returned, or maybe way down the line. > > ## Thank you! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![David\_Squires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_squires/32/2046_2.png) [@David\_Squires](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Squires)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-count-matches-once/13935/4 "2013-10-14T01:46:40Z")
I'm just using a standard query, I've tried messing filters and match, but nothing that I played with seemed to get it... { "query": { "name" : "this is the end" } } On Sunday, October 13, 2013 8:26:51 PM UTC-4, Nikolas Everett wrote: > You could use a boost query or a rescore to match the phrase the user > searched. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:16 PM, David Squires \<[da...@bluetopmedia.com](mailto:da...@bluetopmedia.com)\\> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I've tried a few different analyzers thinking that the stop words were > causing the results to be poor, but now it seems that it's a result of the > same token being matched multiple times, being given more weight. > > For example a search for "this is the end", returns the following results: > > 1. TutsPlus - End To End Analytics > 2. This Is The End (2013) Movie HD > > As you can see, TutsPlus is pretty unrelated to what a user would be > searching for. I guess it's just because 'End' is found twice. > > Is there anyway to only give weight to a single instance of a term or > could you recommend what I should look at to provide a more relevant > result? Really, the TutsPlus should not even be returned, or maybe way down > the line. > > Thank you! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-count-matches-once/13935/5 "2017-07-06T02:12:42Z")