Sometimes, it is not quite clear why a query matches a given search string. To debug your query, PostgreSQL offers the ts_debug function. From a user's point of view, it can be used just like to_tsvector. It reveals a lot about the inner workings of the FTS infrastructure:
test=# \x Expanded display is on. test=# SELECT * FROM ts_debug('english', 'go to www.postgresql-support.de'); -[ RECORD 1 ]+---------------------------- alias | asciiword description | Word, all ASCII token | go dictionaries | {english_stem} dictionary | english_stem lexemes | {go} -[ RECORD 2 ]+---------------------------- alias | blank description | Space symbols token | dictionaries | {} dictionary | lexemes | -[ RECORD 3 ]+---------------------------- ...