Searching - relevant vs. simple index

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Are these the only two options for searching?

With setSimpleIndexMode(true): It seems like the method of finding and sorting things is backwards. It sorts the results by page name (URL name) not by relevance.

With sortByRelevance(): It won't find anything but whole word

In addition, it doesn't seem to search the title of the page at all.

Can anyone provide any guidance on this?

dbradley