Is the search ever going to get better?

[cgk 33]

I find that the search on evernote is very very weak - for example - if you have a recipe that is 'Rosemary and Olive Bread' in the title and you search for 'Olive bread' it will be returned way way down the list - beyond entries that have both Olive and Bread in them more randomly in the text entry itself. I find compared to google and the like it's just not very smart. 

Am I missing a setting that will improve this? 

[DTLow 5,736]

9 minutes ago, cgk said:

I find that the search on evernote is very very weak - for example - if you have a recipe that is 'Rosemary and Olive Bread' in the title and you search for 'Olive bread' it will be returned way way down the list - beyond entries that have both Olive and Bread in them more randomly in the text entry itself. I find compared to google and the like it's just not very smart. 

Am I missing a setting that will improve this? 

I think you’re referring to the sort sequence of the results.

The Mac platform has introduced “relevance” but  otherwise there is no special sequnce; just the standard title or date

[Mike McGowan 36]

-->'Rosemary and Olive Bread' in the title

Do you prefix your search with "intitle:" ?   I would start with "intitle:Olive"

Thanks @DTLow for the reminder on "relevance".    I need to research that a bit more.

 

[JMichaelTX 4,117]

17 hours ago, cgk said:

Am I missing a setting that will improve this?

Probably.

I agree with both of the above suggestions:

1. Sort by Relevance
2. Use "intitle:" qualifier
3. Also:  Use tags

Running Evernote 6.9.2 (454158) on macOS 10.11.6, I see this: