On: Apple Changed Search Algorithm for App Store

[markerdmann]

I completely agree, and I rant about this issue on a regular basis to anyone who will listen. Basic search relevance is an incredibly important feature (seems obvious, right?) that Apple is failing to provide. And the App Store has been open for four years! Perhaps it's the weight of the iTunes Music Store legacy code that I presume the App Store leans on which prevents progress? As it stands, the App Store today is worse than the web before Google.

[taligent → markerdmann]

AFAIK App Store is still based on a modified WebObjects/Java stack with Lucene as the search technology. So not exactly a legacy technology.

Unfortunately with Lucene/search in general? it is less of a science and more of a black art.