diff --git a/assets/scripts/components/instantsearch.js b/assets/scripts/components/instantsearch.js
index 42f5d49dd69..6ce88ac264c 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/components/instantsearch.js
+++ b/assets/scripts/components/instantsearch.js
@@ -63,6 +63,33 @@ const typesenseConfig = getConfig(env).typesense;
 const docsIndex = typesenseConfig.docsIndex;
 const partnersIndex = typesenseConfig.partnersIndex;
 
+// Local search parameters (bypass remote presets for testing)
+// TODO: Once optimal weights are found, sync to remote presets and revert to using presets
+const localSearchParams = {
+    docs: {
+        // SOTA: Title-first, aggressive exponential weighting
+        query_by: 'title,tags,section_header,content',
+        query_by_weights: '10,8,4,1',
+        group_by: 'distinct_base_url',
+        group_limit: 1,
+        // Tie-breaker: Text Score → Global Importance → Section Priority
+        sort_by: '_text_match:desc,rank:desc,order:asc',
+    },
+    docs_api: {
+        query_by: 'title,tags,section_header,content',
+        query_by_weights: '10,8,4,1',
+        group_by: 'distinct_base_url',
+        group_limit: 1,
+        // API pages: rank:asc prioritizes API endpoints
+        sort_by: 'rank:asc,_text_match:desc,order:asc'
+    },
+    partners: {
+        query_by: 'title,content',
+        query_by_weights: '10,1',
+        sort_by: '_text_match:desc'
+    }
+};
+
 const adapterOptions = {
     server: {
         apiKey: typesenseConfig.public_key,
@@ -92,11 +119,11 @@ const adapterOptions = {
     },
     collectionSpecificSearchParameters: {
         [docsIndex]: {
-            preset: 'docs_alias_view',
+            ...localSearchParams.docs,
             collection: docsIndex
         },
         [partnersIndex]: {
-            preset: 'docs_partners_view',
+            ...localSearchParams.partners,
             collection: partnersIndex
         }
     }
@@ -187,11 +214,11 @@ function loadInstantSearch(currentPageWasAsyncLoaded) {
             ...{
                 collectionSpecificSearchParameters: {
                     [docsIndex]: {
-                        preset: 'docs_alias_api_view',
+                        ...localSearchParams.docs_api,
                         collection: docsIndex
                     },
                     [partnersIndex]: {
-                        preset: 'docs_partners_view',
+                        ...localSearchParams.partners,
                         collection: partnersIndex
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/typesense.config.json b/typesense.config.json
index c127bc31a78..aaeafc91c4c 100644
--- a/typesense.config.json
+++ b/typesense.config.json
@@ -255,20 +255,22 @@
                 {
                     "name": "docs_alias_view",
                     "search_parameters": {
-                        "query_by": "tags,title,section_header,content",
-                        "query_by_weights": "4,3,2,2",
+                        "query_by": "title,tags,section_header,content",
+                        "query_by_weights": "10,8,4,1",
                         "group_by": "distinct_base_url",
                         "group_limit": 1,
+                        "sort_by": "_text_match:desc,rank:desc,order:asc",
                         "stopwords": "stopwords"
                     }
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "docs_alias_api_view",
                     "search_parameters": {
-                        "sort_by": "rank:asc,_text_match:desc",
-                        "query_by": "tags,content,title,section_header",
+                        "query_by": "title,tags,section_header,content",
+                        "query_by_weights": "10,8,4,1",
                         "group_by": "distinct_base_url",
                         "group_limit": 1,
+                        "sort_by": "rank:asc,_text_match:desc,order:asc",
                         "stopwords": "stopwords"
                     }
                 }
@@ -282,6 +284,7 @@
                     "name": "docs_partners_view",
                     "search_parameters": {
                         "query_by": "title,content",
+                        "query_by_weights": "10,1",
                         "sort_by": "_text_match:desc"
                     }
                 }