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[Rodney Dawes <1190016@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Project changed: software-center => software-center (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Ubuntu Software Center returns poor search results.

Status in software-center package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When searching for software in the Software Center the search
  algorithm gives poor results making it very difficult to find the
  desired software or discover new software.

  For example, searching "system monitor" the top result is the KDE
  System Monitor (ksysguard). Searching "Gnome System Monitor" the top
  result is Camera Monitor (cameramonitor). The only way to get the
  default Ubuntu system monitor to show up at all is to search the exact
  application name "gnome-system-monitor". The results are so bad that
  omitting even one of the dashes by searching "gnome-system monitor"
  will give no results at all!

  These results are undesireable because even experienced users are
  unlikely to know applications by their binary file names. How many
  Ubuntu users know that Document Viewer's real name is Evince? In order
  to provide a better experience for new and experienced users the
  search results should be improved.

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