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title: "Website and App Search"
slug: "website-and-app-search"
updated: 2020-09-29T16:18:03Z
published: 2020-09-29T16:18:03Z
canonical: "docs.viewlift.com/website-and-app-search"
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# Website and App Search

Your product comes enabled with search functionality. For search engine we use ElasticSearch and all the metadata we get from you feeds into the search engine.

UX/UI

1. User clicks on search icon  

![Screen Shot 2020-09-29 at 11.37.53 AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/15e0c142-c823-4c77-a8e8-9d32ca937982/Images/Documentation/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-29%20at%2011.37.53%20AM.png)
2. User gets a search box and can start typing what they are looking for  

![Screen Shot 2020-09-29 at 11.37.59 AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/15e0c142-c823-4c77-a8e8-9d32ca937982/Images/Documentation/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-29%20at%2011.37.59%20AM.png)
3. User gets results, based on search categorized by content type like videos, series etc.

Search Algorithm

- All metadata of content like title, description, tags, categories are fed into search engine
- Separate copies of metadata are maintained if different languages and localizations exist for content
- When user searches we look at results and prioritize in following order

Video * Title * 1st Category * 2nd Category * Tags * Description * Cast and Crew

Series * Title * 1st Category * 2nd Category * Tags * Description * Cast and Crew

Article * Title * 1st Category * 2nd Category * Tags * Body * Author

Event * Title * 1st Category * 2nd Category * Tags