[#SEARCH-113] Label aliases don't produce the expected results - MusicBrainz JIRA

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Label aliases don't produce the expected results

Created: 20/Aug/11 11:37 AM Updated: 28/Sep/11 06:04 PM Resolved: 14/Sep/11 08:12 PM

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Post NGS Release

Fix Version/s:

2011-09-28

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Aliases probably need some further tweaking to enhance the discoverability of some of the most common labels in the database.

For example, if we search for "EMI" [1] we'd expect to find EMI Records [2], which has the exact match as an alias, as the first result, but we can see that it lies at the end of the second tier, as if it had no such alias.

On the other hand, some aliases produce equally weird effects by pushing unrelated labels to the top: if we search for "BMG" [3], we inexplicably get "Ariola Benelux" as high as "Bertelsmann Music Group", because of the "BMG Ariola Benelux BV" alias [4], which should definitely get less weight.

[1] http://musicbrainz.org/search?query=emi&type=label&limit=25
[2] http://musicbrainz.org/label/022fe361-596c-43a0-8e22-bad712bb9548/aliases
[3] http://musicbrainz.org/search?query=bmg&type=label&limit=25
[4] http://musicbrainz.org/label/c8efa53a-ddac-46bc-ab40-479e451d5ca7/aliases

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Paul Taylor added a comment - 14/Sep/11 04:28 PM

Fixed, created LabelBoostDoc class that works in the same way as ArtistBoostDoc, boosts popular labels who are better known by an alias then their actual name. Added the two labels you listed if you know of others just reopen this ticket.

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Luca Salini added a comment - 14/Sep/11 07:08 PM

Those were just the first examples that crossed my mind, here are some more:

Sony Music Entertainment [1] is not among the first results if we search for "Sony Music" [2]
Sony BMG Music Entertainment [3] should be the first match for "Sony BMG" [4] (but I don't know if [5] will fix things here)
Universal Records [6] should be higher when searching for "Universal" [7]

[1] http://musicbrainz.org/label/9e6b4d7f-4958-4db7-8504-d89e315836af/aliases
[2] http://musicbrainz.org/search?query=sony+music&type=label
[3] http://musicbrainz.org/label/f9ada3ae-3081-44df-8581-ca27a3462b68/aliases
[4] http://musicbrainz.org/search?query=sony+bmg&type=label
[5] http://musicbrainz.org/edit/15203826
[6] http://musicbrainz.org/label/590538e9-b183-4163-ab5a-171fb021ed12/aliases
[7] http://musicbrainz.org/search?query=universal&type=label

There might be more, but this is what I'm able to find right now.

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Paul Taylor added a comment - 14/Sep/11 08:12 PM

Done