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How to give more weight for title than other fields in Mysql Full Text Search Index

I am implementing mysql full text search, here I am facing one issue, results displaying but not working as I expect. When I perform search for 'Samsung Galaxy S6' it is coming at second position. I need title has more weight than other fields. If search string in title found, it will come first, and one more thing when I perform only with "S6" results are strange 0 results showing, how should I do this. Please help. My Sqlfiddle link

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I cannot provide an answer to the weighting of results if the search term was found in the title. I...

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Keyword match vs. page rank: Any search engine that allows manual control of weight between these two factors?

Keyword match = how much the page content is related to the query. Page rank = global rank (quality, popularity) of a page. (in my definition, not sure if these are the right terms)   Is there any search engine with input slider for example, that would...

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If I am not totally wrong, keyword match and page rank are different things (if you mean the google...

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Is Google accepting money to weight search results?

Is Google accepting money to weight search results? [more inside] In today's first article on Something Awful, the author says that they are, citing this search for "bbs board". I had noticed similar oddities when doing two recent searches...

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oh good, it's not only me. i thought i'd lost my search mojo, heh. lately most of my google searches...

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What sort of weight is placed on the history of your company for the Chomp / Apple search algorithm?

We are seeing some strange anomolies with our ios apps, and we are thinking that the algorithm weights the success of your portfolio of apps over time as one of the ranking factors for keywords and search terms. IE We registered our account with apple...

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History : your previous produced quality/value/authority for the Appstore. If your history isn't that...

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Losing weight - desperate teen in search of self confidence?

I'm 17, 210 lbs, 5'4", and not an active teen. Help? I'm fully aware that I'm obese but it's like all spread out and I want to get rif of some of it this summer. I'm hoping to lose at least ten pounds by August and then just continue losing weight...

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I'm in a similar situation. I'm 17 and 5,4 too. Looking to lose weight. I was wondering if maybe, you...

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How much weight should the dumbell be for female?

im a girl. i wanna get rid of flabby nas mushy arms..so what weight should i use ......2 pound....5 pound /???? and if i use dumbell ..... i wont get arms like this rite : 1.) http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A2KJke3PlVlPOkUA49mJzbkF;...

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start with a 5 pound.. i can do 10-15! and i don't lift dumbbells! start with reps of 5-10, and do side...

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MySQL Fulltext searching

Is it possible to implement full-text substring table searches in MySQL? I'm relatively new to MySQL, and have been developing a website that uses its FULLTEXT search function. This works okay, but the issue is that the builtin search only searches whole...

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That's not what fulltext indexing is for, and not the kind of query that can be easily optimized with...

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What is a document management system (or information retrieval system) that is cloud or network-based, cross-platform compatible and can index and full-text search OCR'd PDFs?

I'm working as a sourcer and I've just gotten to the point where I  realize I need to start using some kind of document management system to  keep all of my resumes and other documents (leads in spreadsheets,  etc.) organized. I've demoed some applicant...

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Have a look at TeamDocr, it is web based, does OCR and Full Text search, handles large amounts of documents...

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Google Search Results: PageRank and Why do I rank #1?

Google SEO Experts: I'm completely puzzled by this one. There seems to be a lot of discussion about Google's PageRank. Quality external sites linking to a site's page boosts the popularity of that page, which Google appears to place a significant amount...

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respree-ga Your are #1 without quotes, with quotes you don't show up at all, and the #1 is www.artexpression...

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SSRIs and weight

Why do some people lose weight on SSRIs, while other people gain weight, with no changes in food intake or activity level? I've used various antidepressants in the past and find that I lose weight while on Zoloft, without changing my food intake or activity...

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If AskMefi has taught me one thing about SSRIs is that they have completely different results to different...

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