Optimal BLS explicitly includes Keplerian dynamics in transit searches, which enhances transit detectability while reducing the resources and time usually required for such searches. The (standard) BLS is either fairly insensitive to long-period planets or less sensitive to short-period planets and computationally slower by a significant factor of ~330 (for a 3 yr long dataset). Physical system parameters, such as the host star's size and mass, directly affect transit search. Optimal BLS leverages this understanding to optimize the search for every star individually.