Originally Posted by
ddavison
Again, it's hard for us to know what results you are seeing and what your expectations for it to do really are without seeing a URL. Google search doesn't tell you the algorithm used for searching either when you use it. If you only want recent stuff, then it sorts differently when you use the advanced searches.
Try using the links from the home page that direct you to the storefront for each system and see if that works better for you.
After applying a filter for search terms (Name and Description only), Advanced filters (Ruleset, Publisher, Product type, and contains search), it will return the results in the order selected. The default option is the one that is used if you don't use the advanced filter - by release date.
1. Sale items are placed at the top when the sale first starts - based on the start date of the sale
2. If an item gets added to the store after a sale has started, it pops up to the top of the list ahead of sales.
3. #2 is done because we have sales every week and new releases every week. New Releases should always benefit from increased visibility and not be buried under sales... which could span many pages at certain times of the year
4. After each of these things, the "general" items are shown (Maps, tokens, etc.)
Top Sellers is limited to only top sellers that match the search criteria (Ruleset, Publisher, Product Type and Search Term).
Additional options you can use:
The Publisher Name on each product listed is a hyperlink. Clicking this is the same as clicking the advanced dropdown and selecting that Publisher from the dropdown list
The Ruleset on each product listing is a hyperlink. Clicking this is the same as clicking the advanced dropdown and selecting the Ruleset from the dropdown list
The home page has shortcut links to common searches for various rulesets.