# Changes since Search Enhancements **URL:** \ **Category:** API Issues\ **Created:** [August 3, 2016, 11:36am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/changes-since-search-enhancements/700 "2016-08-03T11:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![csmith](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/user_avatar/forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/csmith/32/8_2.png) [@csmith](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/csmith)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/changes-since-search-enhancements/700/2 "2016-08-03T15:36:03Z")
Hi, Thanks for the feedback! We are experiencing significant loads on our beta API at the moment. We are seeing peak spikes of (most recently) 816 requests a second… We have rolled out further infrastructure to absorb the extra load and are working to further extend this further. With regards to the snippet change, we are committed to not making breaking changes. The `snippet` response member has always been to supply additional context information to help users understand why a particular resource matched the search term. Unfortunately, an error left this returning a single line address, even though the complete address was returned by an `address` member. The improved search will (in the future) allow some address matching, and thus a specific single line `address_snippet` member (in addition to the multi-line `address` member) was required to allow for matched address word highlighting (via the `matches` member). The `snippet` field is still that which returns additional context information, however the error has been fixed and it now returns appropriate context information, and where necessary. The following two post (for completeness), which summarise the search improvements, might be helpful, certainly if you’ve not seen the second: > [@Search Enhancements - Change Notice](http://forum.aws.chdev.org/t/search-enhancements-change-notice/682/1): > > As of the Wednesday 27th July, the following search enhancements will be available: All search. You are now able to search across Company, Officer and Officer Disqualification with a single search request, through a GET /search request. Previous company names and other officer name searching. Search now considers a companies previous names, or other names an officer may be appointed as when satisfying the search. Dissolved company names. Dissolved company names are now considered, but a… > [@Search Enhancements - Change Notice](http://forum.aws.chdev.org/t/search-enhancements-change-notice/682/3): > > The search indexing has been completely redesigned to ensure that the most appropriate results are returned first. As part of this it was necessary to build in some intelligent algorithms, so that you don’t have to be quite so specific, accurate, or get the left-to-right’ness correct to find the company or officer you are looking for. Previously, searching was causing a lot of customer difficulty, and needed addressing. The upshot is that we unavoidably get more matches, but the likelihood that… Hope that helps?! We are actively continuing to monitor the search performance, and increase capacity as we can. Chris --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/changes-since-search-enhancements/700)._