- [Home page](https://www.brimit.com/) - [Blog](https://www.brimit.com/blog) # Boosting Search Results with a Template Name [#How-to](https://www.brimit.com/blog?categories=#How-to) [DXP](https://www.brimit.com/blog?platforms=DXP) [Artsem Prashkovich](https://www.brimit.com/blog/author?authors=Artsem%20Prashkovich) on October 13, 2017 If we want to achieve relevant search results, we need to boost a Sitecore item based on keywords which are entered by user in the a search bar. In this article, I want to share an example of how we can boost results by the item Template Name. ``` public Lis Search(string keyword) { var sparePartsIndex = ContentSearchManager.GetIndex("YOUR INDEX NAME"); var sparePartsSearchContext = sparePartsIndex.CreateSearchContext(); var predicateRoots = PredicateBuilder.True(); var configuration = GetSearchConfiguration(); //Method is implemented below //Here you can put your conditions if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(keyword)) { foreach (var boostingModel in configuration) { if (boostingModel.Keywords.Contains(keyword)) { predicateRoots = predicateRoots.Or( itm => (itm.TemplateName == boostingModel.TemplateName) .Boost(boostingModel.BoostValue)); predicateRoots = predicateRoots.Or(itm => (itm.TemplateName != boostingModel.TemplateName).Boost(1f)); } } } var queryable = sparePartsSearchContext.GetQueryable().Where(predicateRoots); var searchresults = queryable.GetResults(); return searchresults.Hits.Select(x => x.Document).ToList(); } public List GetSearchConfiguration() { //I’ve implemented an example of search configuration for boosting the search result. //This configuration can be implemented in the Sitecore for being more flexible var config = new List { new BoostingModel { //If user enter “root” or “roots” keywords, we will boost an item with the “Highlights Root” template name Keywords = new List {"root", "roots"}, TemplateName = "Highlights Root", BoostValue = 3f }, new BoostingModel { //If user enter “high” or “Highlight” keywords, we will boost an item with the “Highlight” template name Keywords = new List { "high", "Highlight"}, TemplateName = "Highlight", BoostValue = 5f } }; return config; } public class BoostingModel { public List Keywords { get; set; } public string TemplateName { get; set; } public float BoostValue { get; set; } } ``` The results would be similar to what is shown below: ![boost search template](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/images/blog/boostsearchtemplate.png?la=en&hash=7B14D72B0338FC9DC4750C7D9A3A5F0D) The code that is shown above is just a simple example of how we would boost an item using its template name. To make this work in a real production environment, you would need to take some time and adapt it into your infrastructure. Did it work for you? 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