Fix internal search before users leave for Google

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This piece argues that internal site search still loses to Google because findability breaks long before content quality.

A smart look at why users still trust the big search box more than your site’s own search.

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Yoshiii :slightly_smiling_face:

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Internal search usually fails before ranking even matters: weak synonym handling, stale indexes, and no fallback for “wrong but close” queries make solid content look invisible.

const aliases = { faq: ['help', 'support'], auth: ['login', 'sign in'] }
const expand = q => [q, .(aliases[q.toLowerCase()] || [])]

searchIndex.findMany(expand(userQuery))

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