Attempt to sort search results by relevance when multiple sources are enabled

[TheDeviantCrafter]

Use Cases

When multiple sources are enabled, Grayjay seems to search each platform and weave the results together. With Youtube and Soundcloud enabled for example the results alternate between videos and songs.

This is great when searching for music, but not when searching for something that's only on Youtube. Hiding one source for just that search or completely in that source's settings isn't a perfect workaround.

Proposal

There's no reliable way for Grayjay to discard irrelevant search results, so I propose the next best thing.

For each page, sort the results by relevance clientside. If the results from one source match more keywords, bring those to the top of the page and clump the rest towards the bottom. Repeat for each future page if the user scrolls down.

This does mean that the second half of the page will be lower quality, but most users probably click one of the top 5 results anyway so I don't think this is a huge problem. Down-ranking less relevant results instead of hiding them means that Grayjay won't hide good results if its relevance algorithm is wrong.

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