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How to: Customize the Thesaurus in SharePoint Search and Search Server
23 September 08 05:49 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog
The thesaurus is an xml file that provides users with a means of automatically expanding or rewriting their queries to include synonyms, acronyms, etc. For example, in a chemical company, product ID 1234, oxygen, O2 and LOX could all refer to the same...
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How to: Mine the ULS logs for query latency
02 September 08 07:38 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog
Tracking query latencies can be made easier through the use of the products ULS logs.   Below you will find information on how to enable the specific ULS traces as well as information for how to parse the logs.  The primary usage of this...
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Understanding Total Hits & Paging in the MOSS 2007 Search API
22 May 08 02:45 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog
One of the more discussed topics I’ve seen (and struggled with myself) is around the concept of obtaining the total number of hits in a search results when working with the MOSS API. For instance, when I search for “sales forecast” in...
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Search Relevance Tuning
14 May 08 08:37 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog
Changing the advanced relevance settings for Search Server 2008 and SharePoint Server 2007 (such as the global ranking parameters, property weights and property length normalization) isn't something that you'll want to do without a lot of thought...
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Add Virtual Earth Interactive Maps to your Search Server Site
01 April 08 05:40 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog
Are you trying to think of ways to make your Search Server site more interactive and graphical? You can use Federation as a way to enhance the functionality of your search result pages. The Federated Search Web Part makes it possible to display more than...
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How to: Enable Faceted Search in Search Server 2008 and SharePoint Server 2007 Search
24 November 07 12:42 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog
It has many names; Faceted Search, Refinement UI, Search within Search and it’s a feature that’s frequently requested. Both Search Server 2008 Express and SharePoint Server 2007 Search can display faceted results with just a little customization work...
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Helper Classes for the SharePoint Server 2007 Search Query Web Service
02 October 07 10:25 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog
Sometimes, things just kind of grab hold of you, don't they? A corridor conversation leads to quickly popping into a meeting to give a bit of advice, and this leads to suddenly being given actions. And then, the sense of responsibility kicks in and...
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