SharePoint Search Intro: Nailing the Basics

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During this introductory webinar on SharePoint Search Robert Piddocke, co-author of Pro SharePoint 2010 Search and Working with FAST Search for SharePoint, will present an outline of what makes good search and how SharePoint 2010 can deliver it.

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Nailing the BasicsSharePoint 2010 Search

Presented by:

Robert PiddockeAuthor: Pro SharePoint 2010 Search

Working with Microsoft FAST Search Server for SharePoint

rcp@surfray.comrobertpiddocke@rpiddocke www.surfray.com

Why the Basics?

technology

Users

Understanding Search

• Lost?• Lazy?

Search

• Found!• More

lost?Results

• Bingo!• Back?

Document

1. Content - Find information2. Presentation - UX3. Management - Improve over

time

What are the Search Basics?

Content

• Make the right content visible , no more, no less• Use and leverage metadata• Search is for more than just documents (people, web, images etc.)• Avoid guesswork

Content

• How to set up a content source/crawl rule.

• Index pdf’shttp://www.surfray.com/resources/tech-blog/292-how-to-index-pdf-files-in-sharepoint.html

Presentation

• KISS• Search everywhere• Make search accessible - 1 or many, scopes or no scopes• Build your search for your users. Search engines are from Mars, users are from… New Jersey.

Presentation

• How to make a search center and direct the queries there.

Management

• Put Search in the right hands. – You don’t let your plumber decide where to put your toilet. • React• GROW!

Management

•Check Analytics and make a best bet

I don't know. You know, my mom, She tells me, "You want somethin', you gotta ask for it."

What we do at SurfRay

Ontolica Search & Preview

”Findability, not clutter”

Please feel free to ask questions in the chat!

Presented by:

Robert PiddockeAuthor: Pro SharePoint 2010 Search

Working with Microsoft FAST Search Server for SharePoint

rcp@surfray.comrobertpiddocke@rpiddocke www.surfray.com

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