diff --git a/code/api/index-api/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/client/model/results/SearchResultKeywordScore.java b/code/api/index-api/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/client/model/results/SearchResultKeywordScore.java
index 9e08ba35..ef286613 100644
--- a/code/api/index-api/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/client/model/results/SearchResultKeywordScore.java
+++ b/code/api/index-api/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/client/model/results/SearchResultKeywordScore.java
@@ -53,13 +53,16 @@ public final class SearchResultKeywordScore {
     public double termValue() {
         double sum = 0;
 
+        double tfIdf = WordMetadata.decodeTfidf(encodedWordMetadata);
+        int positionBits = WordMetadata.decodePositions(encodedWordMetadata);
+
         if (hasTermFlag(WordFlags.Title)) {
             sum -= 15;
         }
 
-        if (hasTermFlag(WordFlags.Site)) {
+        if (hasTermFlag(WordFlags.Site) && positionBits != 0) {
             sum -= 10;
-        } else if (hasTermFlag(WordFlags.SiteAdjacent)) {
+        } else if (hasTermFlag(WordFlags.SiteAdjacent) && positionBits != 0) {
             sum -= 5;
         }
 
@@ -78,8 +81,6 @@ public final class SearchResultKeywordScore {
             sum -= 5;
         }
 
-        double tfIdf = WordMetadata.decodeTfidf(encodedWordMetadata);
-        int positionBits = WordMetadata.decodePositions(encodedWordMetadata);
 
         sum -= tfIdf / 10.;
         sum -= Integer.bitCount(positionBits) / 3.;
diff --git a/code/common/model/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/model/idx/WordMetadata.java b/code/common/model/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/model/idx/WordMetadata.java
index 511563f3..e07cbcbb 100644
--- a/code/common/model/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/model/idx/WordMetadata.java
+++ b/code/common/model/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/model/idx/WordMetadata.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public record WordMetadata(int tfIdf,
         sb.append('[')
                 .append("tfidf=").append(tfIdf).append(", ")
                 .append("positions=[").append(BrailleBlockPunchCards.printBits(positions, 32)).append(']');
-        sb.append(", flags=").append(flags).append(']');
+        sb.append(", flags=").append(flagSet()).append(']');
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
@@ -101,4 +101,8 @@ public record WordMetadata(int tfIdf,
     public EnumSet<WordFlags> flagSet() {
         return WordFlags.decode(flags);
     }
+
+    public int positionCount() {
+        return Integer.bitCount(positions);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/code/services-core/search-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/search/valuation/SearchResultValuator.java b/code/services-core/search-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/search/valuation/SearchResultValuator.java
index 46fb0cb5..8055dcf8 100644
--- a/code/services-core/search-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/search/valuation/SearchResultValuator.java
+++ b/code/services-core/search-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/search/valuation/SearchResultValuator.java
@@ -138,25 +138,29 @@ public class SearchResultValuator {
     }
 
     private double calculateSingleTermBonus(SearchResultsKeywordSet set, double totalFactor) {
-        var theKeyword = set.iterator().next();
+        final var theKeyword = set.iterator().next();
 
-        if (theKeyword.wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.Title)) {
+        final var wordMetadata = theKeyword.wordMetadata;
+        final int posCount = wordMetadata.positionCount();
+
+        if (wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.Title)) {
             return totalFactor * 0.5;
         }
-        else if (theKeyword.wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.Subjects)) {
+        else if (wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.Subjects)) {
             return totalFactor * 0.6;
         }
-        else if (theKeyword.wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.SiteAdjacent)) {
+        else if (wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.SiteAdjacent) && posCount > 0) {
             return totalFactor * 0.65;
         }
-        else if (theKeyword.wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.Site)) {
+        else if (wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.Site) && posCount > 0) {
             return totalFactor * 0.7;
         }
 
-        if (theKeyword.wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.UrlDomain)) {
+        if (wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.UrlDomain)) {
             return totalFactor * 0.8;
         }
-        else if (theKeyword.wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.UrlPath)) {
+        else if (wordMetadata.hasFlag(WordFlags.UrlPath) && posCount > 2)
+        {
             return totalFactor * 0.9;
         }
 
@@ -213,6 +217,8 @@ public class SearchResultValuator {
 
         final double k = keyword.weight() / totalWeight;
 
+        int posCount = keyword.wordMetadata.positionCount();
+
         EnumSet<WordFlags> flags = keyword.flags();
 
         final boolean title = flags.contains(WordFlags.Title);
@@ -235,11 +241,12 @@ public class SearchResultValuator {
             }
         }
 
-        if (site) {
-            f *= Math.pow(0.75, k);
-        }
-        else if (siteAdjacent) {
-            f *= Math.pow(0.8, k);
+        if (posCount != 0) {
+            if (site) {
+                f *= Math.pow(0.75, k);
+            } else if (siteAdjacent) {
+                f *= Math.pow(0.8, k);
+            }
         }
 
         if (subject) {
@@ -249,7 +256,7 @@ public class SearchResultValuator {
         if (urlDomain) {
             f *= Math.pow(0.8, k);
         }
-        else if (urlPath) {
+        else if (urlPath && posCount > 1) {
             f *= Math.pow(0.9, k);
         }