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Originally Posted by taming
Put what you are searching for in quotes to get the best results. If you do not want erotica (I don't either) you can add -erotica to your search. Like this: "bundles"-erotica
And yes, I know that not all erotica is XXX, but that is the metadata label publishers use for it.
The issue of Kobo being totally unable to use some sort of fuzzy logic is one they are working on. Right now they rely solely on what the Publisher has input into specific fields (like series name) and if you don't do it exactly the same way, the search doesn't work.
I often put the name of the book into Google, with Kobo after it. How sad is that?
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I know that basic search operators work with Kobo search.
The real trouble here is that the Kobo website is multi lingual but the search engine isn't. It doesn't filter properly on language. Searching on an author's name results in book titles by that author in various languages.
It is imposible to limit a search to only one language with the current offered search options.
Not being able to find the correct books with a either a limited/specific or broad search parameters can only result in no purchase/no sale.
This must cost Kobo a huge amount of potential revenue. But I doubt if they are really aware how huge this problem is for especially non English language books.
I doubt if the search engine is ever tested on non English language books.