Hi Joe, I'm not seeing the same effect. The Hinder event is listed within those search results; you can bring it to the top with a more specific search: http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=Seattle&date=Future&q=title:hinder
Of course, the basic search for all future events in Seattle returns 730 pages of events, which makes it much harder to find that event among all the others. I suggest narrowing your search based on what your users are really looking for: Narrowed by location: http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=98134&date=Future&category=music&sort_order=popularity Narrowed by performer: http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&keywords=spid:P0-001-000003055-0&sort_order=date Narrowed by category & tags: http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=Seattle&date=Future&category=music&sort_order=popularity&keywords=tag:rock%20tag:band Narrowed by time: http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=Seattle&date=this%20weekend&category=music&sort_order=popularity I also recommend sorting any set of search results by 'popularity', which brings more interesting events to the top. The one exception to that rule is a tour schedule, which often is expected to be in date-sorted order. A popularity sort puts the Hinder event within the first 2 pages of results: http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=Seattle&date=Future&sort_order=popularity&page_number=2 If you're noticing smaller numbers overall in the total_items count: We recently stepped up an effort to consolidate duplicate and recurring events, which would reduce the total_items count reported but doesn't affect the actual events returned. For example, this set of event records for Mary Poppins gives a total_items count of 3: http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=test_key&location=New%20York%20City&date=Future&keywords=mary%20poppins ...but it actually represents hundreds of individual dates for the same show, which before the change would have been individual listings: http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/get?app_key=test_key&id=E0-001-033002014-4@2011041500&include=instances I hope that clears it up. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to send me other examples. Cheers, ~chris On Apr 14, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Joe Giordano wrote: > Around March 14, 2011, I begin to notice what seemed like a change in > the search results. Particularly, fewer results that were matching the > criteria I was looking for? > > Please review the issue described below. Did something change or am I > doing something incorrectly? > > Take this search: > http://api.eventful.com/rest/events/search?app_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx&location=Seattle&date=Future > > Notice there is no event listed for Hinder at the ShowBox in Seattle. > > However, you can see the event here: > http://eventful.com/seattle/events/hinder-/E0-001-037403920-7 > > Any help appreciated. >
