if a page is formatted with headings and tables is it easier to find ?

Colm Maguire June 1, 2022

I am trying to find out how the search might work on documents with headings and tables and other format features. 

Does the search have a preference over a page that uses the headings format on a page as to a page with no headings and using just paragraph to format a heading ?

I am trying to improve a) how we format our documents, and b) the findability of the document.

If a document is formatted 'correctly' does it stand a greater chance of being found? . 

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Łukasz Modzelewski _TTPSC_
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June 2, 2022

I don't see any options in advanced search to filter for H1 etc. so I would assume page content is treated as text. But labels and good title can be used to narrow down the search. 
https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-search-syntax-158720.html#ConfluenceSearchSyntax-Confluencesearchfields

I was digging deeper and I found interesting page about understanding the ranking of displayed results: https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-i-understand-the-ranking-of-confluence-s-search-results-785614686.html 

"Weightings are made up of the following: Document Age, Title, Content, Popularity"

Colm Maguire June 3, 2022

Thanks for that answer , now I am wondering, if by Content, table of contents? I am probably clutching at straws here lol. I was under the impression that the more formatted pages were being found quicker but it's probably because they are newer. 

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