Search is a key component in SharePoint Online as well as SharePoint 2013, and the new search page is a vast improvement over search in SharePoint 2010. By using all the new tools available to tune search in a configuration only manner you can easily improve and customize the search experience to suit your company's needs. This session will cover 13 easy tune-ups based on the experience with SharePoint 2013 so far, which will improve on the end-user search experience. Everyone setting up search should consider these tune-ups as standard setup for new SharePoint installations. This session will among other things cover: * how to improve findability by ranking content * how to improve findability by smart refiners * improve the visual previews of your results * search as you type functionality to quicker find relevant content.
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Rock your SharePoint Search With 13 Easy Tune-Ups Mikael
Svenson Principal Consultant MVP, MCT, P-TSP
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Unclutter the UI Turn off advanced settings link its for
librarians and archivers
Unclutter the UI Turn off preferences link people just want
search to work
Unclutter the UI Do users care or know what language they are
searching in?
Unclutter the UI Turn off refiners which doesnt make sense to
you
Unclutter the UI More pagers, yet another visual clue vs.
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Display Templates and Preview Visualize your content PDF not in
SPO
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Last saved by refiner Author is based on document metadata
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Refine by items closer to you People like me have my best
interest in mind
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Refiner and Vertical Counts Counter cues can highlight
navigation paths
8
Search as you type With real hits, not search query
suggestions, or both
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Authoritative Web Pages Content closer to the most
authoritative page gets more points!
6
Duplicate trimming is evil By default, trims too much
5
File format refiner Fact: People dont refine Make it visual to
increase usage
4
Optimize people search Query language matters
3
Make your own real title Extracted one might not be the
preferred title
2
Best bets Use them! Style them!
1
Fresh content does matter
Summary 1. Clean up the UI 2. Custom views for custom types 3.
Who is the author? 4. People like me 5. Counts 6. Search as you
type 7. Authorative sites 8. Duplicate trimming 9. File types 10.
Query language matters 11. What is the title? 12. Best bets 13.
Freshness