Display Search Results with most recent posts first?

Posted by Coleen_Astalos on Jan 04, 2014; 6:45pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Display-Search-Results-with-most-recent-posts-first-tp7588987.html

Is there a way to change the default sort that is shown after an initial sort to be "Sort by Date" instead of "Sort by Relevance"?  

The "Sort by Relevance" doesn't seem to really work very well.  For example, if I search for "Accountability", the top relevant item it finds is something with "Account" whereas there are other posts that have the actual word "Accountability" in them that are lower down the Relevance list.

Thanks,
Coleen