From 11a5f10c77714b7a4c99902336dac9fe694b9f6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Peter Christen <mc@yacy.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:13:17 +0100
Subject: modified ranking and query parser to allow more matches and better
 ranking

---
 source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryGoal.java   | 13 +++++++------
 source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryParams.java | 27 +++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryGoal.java b/source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryGoal.java
index 9a35ae9cc..e621df3c5 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryGoal.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryGoal.java
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public class QueryGoal {
         if (isCatchall()) return new StringBuilder(AbstractSolrConnector.CATCHALL_QUERY);
 
         // add goal query
-        return getGoalQuery();
+        return getGoalQuery(false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ public class QueryGoal {
         if (isCatchall()) return new StringBuilder(AbstractSolrConnector.CATCHALL_QUERY);
 
         // add goal query
-        StringBuilder w = getGoalQuery();
+        StringBuilder w = getGoalQuery(true);
         q.append(w);
 
         // combine these queries for all relevant fields
@@ -513,21 +513,22 @@ public class QueryGoal {
         return q;
     }
 
-    private StringBuilder getGoalQuery() {
+    private StringBuilder getGoalQuery(final boolean strictAllTerms) {
         int wc = 0;
         StringBuilder w = new StringBuilder(80);
         for (String s: include_strings) {
             if (Segment.catchallString.equals(s)) continue;
-            if (wc > 0) w.append(" AND ");
+            if (wc > 0) w.append(strictAllTerms ? " AND " : " ");
             if (s.indexOf('~') >= 0 || s.indexOf('*') >= 0 || s.indexOf('?') >= 0) w.append(s); else w.append(dq).append(s).append(dq);
             wc++;
         }
         for (String s: exclude_strings){
-            if (wc > 0) w.append(" AND -");
+            if (wc > 0) w.append(strictAllTerms ? " AND -" : " -");
+            else w.append('-');
             if (s.indexOf('~') >= 0 || s.indexOf('*') >= 0 || s.indexOf('?') >= 0) w.append(s); else w.append(dq).append(s).append(dq);
             wc++;
         }
-        if (wc > 1) {w.insert(0, '('); w.append(')');}
+        if (strictAllTerms && wc > 1) {w.insert(0, '('); w.append(')');}
         return w;
     }
 
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryParams.java b/source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryParams.java
index ae4f392ce..f0e079fca 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryParams.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/query/QueryParams.java
@@ -621,20 +621,23 @@ public final class QueryParams {
      * @param filterQueries a mutable list of filter queries, initialized with filters related to content domain. Must not be null.
      * @return a Solr query instance ready to use
      */
-    private SolrQuery solrQuery(final boolean getFacets, final List<String> filterQueries) {
-        if (this.cachedQuery != null) {
-            this.cachedQuery.setStart(this.offset);
-            if (!getFacets) this.cachedQuery.setFacet(false);
-            return this.cachedQuery;
+    private SolrQuery solrQuery(final boolean getFacets, final List<String> filterQueries) {
+        if (this.cachedQuery != null) {
+            this.cachedQuery.setStart(this.offset);
+            if (!getFacets) this.cachedQuery.setFacet(false);
+            return this.cachedQuery;
         }
         
-        // construct query
-        final SolrQuery params = getBasicParams(getFacets, filterQueries);
-        int rankingProfile = this.ranking.coeff_date == RankingProfile.COEFF_MAX ? 1 : (this.modifier.sitehash != null || this.modifier.sitehost != null) ? 2 : 0;
-        params.setQuery(this.queryGoal.collectionTextQuery().toString());
-        Ranking actRanking = indexSegment.fulltext().getDefaultConfiguration().getRanking(rankingProfile); // for a by-date ranking select different ranking profile
-
-        String fq = actRanking.getFilterQuery();
+        // construct query
+        final SolrQuery params = getBasicParams(getFacets, filterQueries);
+        int rankingProfile = this.ranking.coeff_date == RankingProfile.COEFF_MAX ? 1 : (this.modifier.sitehash != null || this.modifier.sitehost != null) ? 2 : 0;
+        params.setQuery(this.queryGoal.collectionTextQuery().toString());
+        if (this.queryGoal.getIncludeSize() > 1) {
+            params.setParam(DisMaxParams.MM, "1");
+        }
+        Ranking actRanking = indexSegment.fulltext().getDefaultConfiguration().getRanking(rankingProfile); // for a by-date ranking select different ranking profile
+
+        String fq = actRanking.getFilterQuery();
         String bq = actRanking.getBoostQuery();
         String bf = actRanking.getBoostFunction();
         final String qf = actRanking.getQueryFields();
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