As a consultant and trainer, I often get feedback from users of enterprise search solutions. We can learn about their pain points and their expectations, and act accordingly to improve search. What … [Read more...] about Search Is Broken. Users Are Unhappy. What To Do?
Microsoft 365 & Office 365
Search Insights 2018 – free report from The Search Network
In the last years, while running Search Explained, I have been involved not only SharePoint and Office 365 projects and conferences but also into the world of search in general. I have met super … [Read more...] about Search Insights 2018 – free report from The Search Network
Search Like a Pro: Mythbusting the Black Box of Search
Search is often considered to be a magical "black box". It's like air or water: we don't recognize it as long as it works fine. But as soon as we don't get the results we expect we start … [Read more...] about Search Like a Pro: Mythbusting the Black Box of Search
[Search Minutes] Exclude Content from Search and Delve
In this Search Minutes episode, I am demonstrating how to hide content from Search and Delve in Office 365. Topics: hide one or more items, directly on the search page or in a Result … [Read more...] about [Search Minutes] Exclude Content from Search and Delve
How to Flag Items to be Crawled in Office 365
Whenever you do changes to the search schema, re-crawl of the content is required to fill in the search index with the proper values by the new schema. In SharePoint on-prem, the classic … [Read more...] about How to Flag Items to be Crawled in Office 365
“Search First” content migration
When migrating content from an old version of SharePoint to a new one; or from SharePoint on-prem to Office 365; or from a file share to SharePoint / OneDrive / Office 365 - one of the most critical … [Read more...] about “Search First” content migration
I cannot find the document I am searching for! – What to do?
Today, in the age of "modern", "personalized" and "intelligent" search applications, sometimes it's still hard to find the content what we're searching for. "I cannot find the document I am searching … [Read more...] about I cannot find the document I am searching for! – What to do?
How to implement SharePoint Intranet Query Suggestions? – by Barbara Chudak
When we search for information often we know exactly the term or phrase we want to find more information on. But that’s not always the case. They are times when we search to see what we get, trying … [Read more...] about How to implement SharePoint Intranet Query Suggestions? – by Barbara Chudak
Using Content Types on Search-driven pages
Content Types is an important asset many organizations don’t pay enough attention to. This feature is available both on-prem and in the cloud, and besides its generic usability benefits, it helps … [Read more...] about Using Content Types on Search-driven pages
How To Sort Search Results by using XRANK and Query Rules?
Search relevance is something that everyone should understand but only a few pay enough attention to. In this blog post, my goal is to demonstrate the art of sorting search results without creating … [Read more...] about How To Sort Search Results by using XRANK and Query Rules?
