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Exclude bots. Bots activity should be excluded, otherwise, the search will probably get a lot worse. Also, it opens an opportunity for easy manipulation. For example, a version bump by a bot shouldn't count at all. Similar to how GitHub's repo contributions page work.
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I contacted Algolia and they gave me access to their npm index. I can use it for a basic implementation of my idea because it includes the history of all the releases. Also, the API returns sorted search results that can be used as a fallback or a base score. Not sure if this will be enough to produce consistently better results compared to other search engines.
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I created a new discussion in the npm/feedback repo to share my idea. I also mentioned my idea in relevant discussions: npm scores, Weird search behavior with stats, and Improve search functionality on npmjs.com.
