<p>As far as I can tell, it prioritises only for exact matches.</p>
<p>For example, given:<br>
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/45.52265/-122.68114">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/45.52265/-122.68114</a><br>
then searching for "Powell's" leads to a jump across the US to:<br>
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Powell%27s#map=19/38.94236/-77.01501">https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Powell%27s#map=19/38.94236/-77.01501</a><br>
whereas searching for "Powell's city of books" gives the hoped-for:<br>
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Powell%27s%20city%20of%20books#map=19/45.52333/-122.68164">https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Powell%27s%20city%20of%20books#map=19/45.52333/-122.68164</a></p>
<p>"Main Street" may be an exact match situation, so perhaps this issue does not cover the above case, but should inexact searches in the local area be included first?</p>

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