Last updated: 18 Jul 2025
Add a best bet to site search
What is a best bet?
Sometimes we need to lift specific content to the top of search results, for example when a crucial new piece of content is added that hasn’t had time to naturally rise to the top by means of its popularity, or a page isn’t ranked well enough naturally.
How to add a best bet
Add the path of the page to the best bets YAML configuration file in Search API v2, which will apply a heavy query time boost to the document.
Note that it is not currently possible to have a document as a best bet if it is completely unrelated to a query, i.e. if it would not naturally occur in results for the query. For example, you wouldn’t be able to add a document about strawberry yoghurt to the best bets for the query “pool noodle”.