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Many times search results are useless. For example I searched for "Shanty". This is the Jonathan Edward's number 1 hit.

The search returns results for "Shanti" with an option to search for "Shanty" instead. 

Choosing to search for "Shanty" instead of "Shanti" then returns some tracks. Click on show all (tracks) and a long list of tracks is displayed, none of them titled "Shanty".

Now, if this was an obscure song I might understand, but Shanty was #4 in billboard for 1972.

Shanty is a direct hit for the title of the song, and the only direct hit. Why does the search engine think it knows better than the user?

Deezer can only find the track if you include the artist name (and if you spell Jonathan correctly). 

Problems like this impune confidence in using the product. 

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Hey @DrGigabyte 

I can reproduce the problem to some extent. However, I find said song in the list of all found songs that contain "Shanty" somewhere.
The results probably adjust depending on the number of clicks. I'm online with a German IP and "Wellerman (Sea Shanty)" is right at the top for me. 🤢
Maybe @Yula can ask the developers to what extent the search results are influenced and how much.