I was asked to have a look at an old unanswered question on Stack Exchange: "Can you create a Query Rule that matches in the middle of the query?". Challenge accepted. I looked at all of the other … [Read more...] about Query Rule – RegEx Match Anywhere in Query
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“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 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?
Jumpstart Search Online Course
Optimizing your Content for Search and Discovery
Information Architecture (IA) is a commonly used term for the art and science of organizing and labeling content (documents, web sites, blog posts, emails, etc.) to support findability and … [Read more...] about Optimizing your Content for Search and Discovery
Think Search First – and have Good Metadata, Please!
My good friend, Matthew McDermott wrote a great blog post a few weeks ago with the title “Think Search First - Planning Your Next SharePoint Project”. In his great storytelling style, … [Read more...] about Think Search First – and have Good Metadata, Please!
SharePoint Search Query Rules: Promoting Results (“Best Bets”)
In many cases, customers complain about "Sharepoint Search doesn't work". While it is a generic objection, and there are many things to evaluate, one of the recommendations I can give is to consider … [Read more...] about SharePoint Search Query Rules: Promoting Results (“Best Bets”)
Search Refiners in SharePoint 2013, 2016 and Office 365
The feature of search refiners has been in SharePoint since the version of 2010. In SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 we have deep refiners, which means each result in the result set is … [Read more...] about Search Refiners in SharePoint 2013, 2016 and Office 365
SharePoint crawl types: Full, Incremental, Continuous
Crawling is the process of gathering the content for search. To retrieve information, the crawl component connects to the content sources by using the proper out-of-the-box or custom connectors. After … [Read more...] about SharePoint crawl types: Full, Incremental, Continuous
