Your best keyword match can still be something nobody can hire.

Picture your service recommender answering “find someone to design a minimalist logo” with a logo inspiration page. The words fit. The destination doesn't. Somewhere between ingestion and retrieval, recordType: "logoMakerIdea" became “probably a service.”

Lab note 024: can we use directory vocabulary to improve recall without letting it become recommendation evidence? The catch comes first: sitemap gig records are URL-level references. They aren't enough to promise a price, delivery date, or availability.

Why does a logo idea match a hiring query?

An embedding can capture topical similarity without establishing what a page represents. A style page and a designer's service can both be excellent semantic neighbors of “minimalist logo.”

The failure happens when your application treats proximity as permission to recommend. A better embedding might preserve the same mistake with greater confidence.…