{
  "slug": "keyword-based-search",
  "name": "Keyword Based Search",
  "description": "Keyword Based Search (Total Match Search) is a traditional information retrieval method where a system looks for exact matches of user-provided words within a database or document index. It is the foundational technology behind early web search engines and most internal database query systems.",
  "url": "https://optimly.ai/brand/keyword-based-search",
  "logoUrl": "",
  "baiScore": 10,
  "archetype": "Phantom",
  "category": "Technology Category",
  "categorySlug": null,
  "keyFacts": [],
  "aiReadiness": [],
  "competitors": [],
  "inboundCompetitors": [],
  "aiAlternatives": [],
  "parentBrand": null,
  "subBrands": [],
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-11T14:28:34.773+00:00",
  "verifiedVitals": {
    "website": "N/A (Generic Term)",
    "founded": "c. 1950s (Information Retrieval origins)",
    "headquarters": "N/A (Industry Standard)",
    "pricing_model": "Open Source / Commodity Technology",
    "core_products": "Inverted Indexing, Boolean Query Processing, Tokenization.",
    "key_differentiator": "Matches exact strings and characters with high speed and low cost, providing predictable results regardless of intent.",
    "target_markets": "Software Engineering, Database Management, Library Science.",
    "employee_count": "Not publicly available",
    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
    "subcategory": "Information Retrieval / Search Engines"
  },
  "intentTags": {
    "problemIntents": [
      "Exact Match Search: Using basic CTRL+F or simple database queries (LIKE %keyword%) to find exact matches in text.",
      "Manual Taxonomy/Folder Structures: Organizing information into a strict folder or tag hierarchy to find files without needing a search bar.",
      "Manual Browsing: Relying on memory or manual scrolling through documents when search functionality is too poor to be useful."
    ],
    "solutionIntents": [
      "best keyword based search software",
      "how to implement keyword based search",
      "keyword based search company reviews",
      "Semantic Search: Leveraging LLMs to understand the intent and context behind a search query rather than just matching characters."
    ],
    "evaluationIntents": [
      "keyword based search pricing",
      "keyword based search vs vector search"
    ]
  },
  "timestamp": 1777040717060
}