Improving the meaning of search results

davidg — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:36:21 GMT

The search results screen often not only displays the name of an article or document but also a brief description. To help users find the information they are after and to improve the relevancy of the search results it is important to put in meaning text in the brief description fields for not only your articles but your documents as well.

To add brief descriptions to articles:

1. Go into Admin -> Publishing -> Folders, and locate the desired article

2. Right click the article and choose "Edit Attributes"

3. Complete the "Brief Description" field with appropriate text

4. Save and checkin the article

To add brief descriptions to documents:

1. Go into Admin -> Publishing -> Document Library

2. Search for the required document, select it and click on the "Edit" button

3. Select the option "Keep existing document"

4. Complete the "Description" field with your required text

5. Save

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Improving the meaning of search results