Meghan on the Netflix Community Blog announced that Netflix has switched to a new search engine that should improve results, and they are also adding an auto-complete feature to the search box.
Over the next few days you'll see the first visible change on the site: auto-complete suggestions. As you type in the search box, you will see a list of movie titles that match what you type. Now you can find "Ratatouille" or "Koyaanisqatsi", even if you aren't sure how to spell it.
They switched to the new search engine last week, and the auto-complete feature should be available soon.
Available now... Noticed it tonite. Dramatic improvement. Again, Nflix is on top of things.
Posted by: Smits | September 28, 2007 at 10:27 PM
way to go netflix! that's a lot more helpful than trying to spell Ratatouille
Posted by: xoxo | September 28, 2007 at 10:36 PM
I suppose it's something of an improvement, but I still wish the search would recognize that sometimes I DO know exactly what I'm looking for. For example, if I search for "David Duchovny" (spelled correctly), it shows me a list of every actor named David, plus "David Copperfield", "David and Goliath", etc. It should be obvious what I am looking for, and I wish it would automatically forward me there.
Posted by: Manda | September 29, 2007 at 08:48 AM
Has actual searching been implemented? Because I'm still experiencing what Manda remarks on.
Posted by: Lost in the woods | January 01, 2009 at 09:51 PM