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Agenda What is Search Microsoft Search Challenges Too few results Too many results Invalid results Presenting the results Going forward

What is “Search”?

The “Search” Execution

“Indexing / Crawling” “Querying / Searching” The “Search” Execution

Microsoft “Internet” vs. “Enterprise” search BusinessIntelligence Collaboration Search Portal Business Forms PlatformServices ContentManagement

Challenges – keep these in mind Too few results Too many results Invalid results e.g. competitors page, no security trimming Poor presentation / display e.g. results per page, images vs. text, “actionable” search

Microsoft Search Server

MSS Engine

Go! Oh, so it’s just “next -> next -> finish”? No!

1) Too Few Results What can we do?

Adding Results

1) Too Few Results – Some Ideas Content Sources File Types Protocol Handlers IFilters Schedules Monitoring Starvation Federated Search

2) Too Many Results What can we do?

Removing Results

2) Too Many Results – Some Ideas Advanced Search (…) Advanced Querying Scopes Managed Properties Keywords / Best Bets Content Sources Reduce, modify Set priorities Faceted Search

3) Invalid Results What can we do?

3) Invalid Results – Some Ideas Scopes, properties, tabs Thesaurus Best Bets / Keywords Security Sources crawl accounts Server name mapping Metadata (G.I.G.O.)

4) Presentation Web parts

Improving the Presentation

4) Presentation Modify Web parts XSL More data (“actionable” results) Icons, etc. Different types (images) More interactive (jQuery) Protocol types (e.g. mms:// for video) Done via Server Name Mapping

How Do We Identify Problems Monitoring Reports User surveys User prizes (make it fun)

Reports Last quick tip – Browser Search Integration

Resources Microsoft Enterprise Search Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog Microsoft iFilter Blog CodePlex Search XSL Examples -

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