Large numbers of visitors for a particular search term is not in itself a positive thing. We always have to ask the question why?

One of the most popular search terms within the OECD website is "CEE countries." Which is a bit puzzling because the OECD doesn't have any particular focus or interest in these Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Search results are often puzzling; throwing up search terms that don't seem to be relevant.

Source: www.gerrymcgovern.com Posted by bee 624 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago

In its SharePoint 2010 version, many people assumed that Microsoft's licensing for its upscale FAST search engine would be be so affordable, it would pose a serious threat to any third party search vendor, from Google to Autonomy.

Indeed, at about $25K for a FAST license, it's about as cheap as Google's Appliance. And it's certainly a lot less than you'd expect to pay for a meaningful Autonomy IDOL setup: FAST ESP used to go head-to-head with Autonomy in selections for large enterprise search implementations, and those would often run into the millions for licenses alone.

Source: www.realstorygroup.com Posted by support 648 days, 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

One problem I often hear when talking with any organization about new solutions is understanding the cost and inefficiency of their existing way solutions, processes, or general way of doing things. In the past year or two I have used various general measurements around search to help focus the need for improvement not only on search, but the needed information and metadata needed to improve search.

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Source: www.personalinfocloud.com Posted by support 721 days, 23 hours, 47 minutes ago

A good content taxonomy goes hand in hand with good enterprise search, and SharePoint 2010 has made some improvements to their basic search experience with the help of taxonomy and metadata. Here's how.

Taxonomy Is Fundamental to Enterprise Search

Search is typically thought of as a black box, with functionality that is commonly misunderstood by most users. People often turn to search as a result of a breakdown in information architecture, and tend to have high expectations based on experience gained outside the organization through the use of technologies such as Google.

Source: www.cmswire.com Posted by bee 748 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes ago

Recently, we did some extensive task testing with a technical audience. 70 percent started the task by clicking on a link, 30 percent used search.

The larger the website, the more important it becomes to have quality search. However, the foundation of all great websites is, and always will be, quality navigation. In fact, there is a direct correlation between the quality of your navigation and the quality of your search. The better the navigation, the better the search results will be.

Source: www.gerrymcgovern.com Posted by bee 757 days, 18 hours, 14 minutes ago

A question often asked by people learning about search technology is, "what's the difference between enterprise and federated search?" It is not the simplest question to answer, and in my travels I have found that the many various definitions of these terms typically don't help in explaining the difference. And that's because the difference is very subtle indeed.

At the core, both enterprise and federated search are about accessing, indexing, and querying diverse and dispersed repositories. Enterprise search is very specifically about searching within the enterprise, which may include an externally-facing web site or extranet(s).

Source: www.realstorygroup.com Posted by bee 776 days, 4 hours, 19 minutes ago