Drupal site search not working- How to fix?

The default drupal, the search is not that great. There could be a lot of reasons why your drupal search is not working. Here are a few simple steps you can take to fix your drupal search not working issue-

Fix your drupal search

1. Enable search module- Go to extend->search and enable the search module.
2. Re-Index Drupal search data– Go to extend->search-> Configure->Indexing progress-> Reindex site
3. Reduce the number of items to index per cron run to 50.
4. Re-run Cron- Go to home-> Administration->Configuration->System and run cron
5. Reduce the minimum word length to index to 1.
6. Increase the weightage to keyword relevance in content ranking-
7. Use a paid search service-If all the above methods didn’t work, you can choose to opt for a paid search service like expertrec.
   1. Create your drupal custom search from https://cse.expertrec.com/?platform=cse
   2. Download and install google tag manager for drupal from https://www.drupal.org/project/google_tag
   3. Enter your google tag manager ID.
   4. Copy your custom search code from https://cse.expertrec.com/csedashboard/home/code and paste it into your google tag manger control panel.
   5. Add

      <ci-search></ci-search>

      to your drupal header and click save.

   6. Your new drupal search is up and running now. (more detailed instructions here)
   7. Deactivate the default drupal search engine.

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