Advanced Search Configuration and ManagementMatthew McDermott, MVP MOSSPrincipal ConsultantCatapult Systems

Out of the box search is good

…but what did you find?

I want relevant search results.

You need to plan for search

Learn what is possibleGather requirementsTake a wild guess

What do you search for?

What Content Sources?

What Document Types?

What about People?

What do you do with the results?What actions do users take?

What if they don’t find anything?

We’re Sorry!...

Where do users go to search?

Where do users go to search?

How do our users know?

AdvertiseEducate

How do you get feedback?

Panel DiscussionsSurveysObserve UsersSearch Query Analysis

Product FeaturesMicrosoft Search

Server 2008 Express

Microsoft Search

Server 2008

Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007

Search Center

No Pre-Set Document Limits

Extensible Search Experience

Relevance Tuning

Continuous Propagation Indexing

Federated Search Connectors

Indexing Connectors

Security-Trimmed Results

Unified Administration Dashboard

Query and Results Reporting

Streamlined Installation

High Availability and Load Balancing

People and Expertise Searching

Business Data Catalog

SharePoint Productivity Infrastructure

MOSS vs. MSS 2008

Search is a business problem

Plan for searchAdvertiseSolicit feedbackMonitor for keywords Continually improve

Search Configuration

demo

Managed Properties

Crawl is needed to detect the propertyCrawl again after promoting propertySearch for property “property:value”You can create scopes based on properties

Thesaurus Configuration

demo

Server FilesThesaurus file

<XML ID="Microsoft Search Thesaurus"> <thesaurus xmlns="x-schema:tsSchema.xml">

<diacritics_sensitive>0</diacritics_sensitive><replacement> <pat>widget</pat> <pat>thingamajig</pat> _doodad</replacement>

<expansion> _run _jog </expansion> </thesaurus></XML>

Noise word file

aandisinitoftheto

Search Center Design

demo

Build the Search Center

Search Center DesignSite Template SelectionMaster Page Adjustments

Open Search

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OpenSearchDescription

xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"><ShortName>Short name</ShortName><Description>Description</Description><Url type="text/html"

template="http://url?k={searchTerms}"/><SyndicationRight>open</SyndicationRight>

</OpenSearchDescription>

<link title="Title" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="/Style Library/XSL Style Sheets/opensearch.xml" />

Results Configuration

demo

XSLT Setup

Just say “No” to the XSL Editor!Link to a XSL fileGenerate Raw XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <xmp><xsl:copy-of select="*"/></xmp> </xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

Go Find!

Learn about searchPlan for searchAsk questionsTry new ideasAdvertise!Continuously improve

Search Resources

Microsoft Enterprise Searchhttp://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch

Microsoft Enterprise Search Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/enterprisesearch

Partner Search Informationhttps://www.quickstartmicrosoftsearch.com

My Bloghttp://blogs.catapultsystems.com/matthew

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